Abul Ahsan Chowdhury

Abul Ahsan Chowdhury (born January 13, 1953) is a poet, researcher and folklorist of Bangladesh.

Biography
Chowdhury was born in Mazampur, Kushtia, Bangladesh. His father, Fazlul Bari Chowdhury, was a writer, social worker and former honorary magistrate. His mother is Saleha Khatun. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Dhaka in 1975, graduating with honours. He received his Master of Arts Degree from the University of Dhaka in 1976, and his Ph.D. from the same university in 1995.

He is the senior professor of the Department of Bengali at the Islamic University, Bangladesh, in Kushtia, and is active in research and academic matters home and abroad.

He has also served as
 Feature Editor, The Weekly Swadhin Bangla (Newspaper on Liberation War)—1971
 Editor, The Weekly Jagoroni, Kushtia, Bangladesh—1972
 Editor, Loko Sahitya Patrika (Quarterly), Kushtia, Bangladesh—1975-84
 Editor, The Islamic University Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh—1998
 Editor, Islami Biswabidyalaya Barta (Quarterly), Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh—2000
 Edited three books on Hason Raja: Proshongo Hason Raja, Hason Rajar Gan and Hason Raja: The minstrel of the mystic soil—2009

Publications
Chowdhury has published two books of poetry—Swadesh Amar Bangla (1971) and Nilkantha Jiban Tumi (1974) and a range of research publications, including on Mir Mosharraf Hossain and Kangal Harinath Mazumder,

Awards
 Lalon Award, West Bengal Lalon Mela Shomittee, India, 2000
 Sayed Abdur Rob Sambardhana, Faridpur, 2001
 Bangla Academy Literary Award, 2010

References

External links
 Bengali Department Islamic University of Bangladesh

Category:Bangladeshi male writers
Category:1953 births
Category:Folklorists
Category:Living people
Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award