Today is the 14th anniversary of the death of poet, essayist, researcher and literary critic, Abdul Mannan Syed.
Born on August 3 in 1943 in West Bengal, British India, Abdul Mannan Syed obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1963 and Master of Arts in 1964 in Bangla from the University of Dhaka. He got his PhD from Rabindra Bharati University in India.
The poet started writing poems at his early age, and his first collection of poem 鈥楯anmandha Kabita Guchchha鈥� got published in 1967.
Aspired to change in his subject and style of writing, in his poems, Mannan Syed, reflects the consciousness of death, symbolism, romanticism, surrealism, and absurdity, using moon, sun, sky and cloud as symbols of his imagination.
He had been the executive director of the Nazrul Institute from 2002 to 2004. He was also associated with the monthly literary magazine named 鈥楽hilpataru鈥�.
His literary works include 鈥楴irbachita Kabita鈥�, 鈥楶arabastab Kabita鈥�, 鈥楶ark Street-e Ek Ratri鈥�, 鈥楳achh Series鈥�, 鈥楽atyer Mato Badmas鈥�, 鈥楥halo Jai Parokhse鈥�, 鈥楳rityur Adhik Lal Kshudha鈥�, 鈥楶ariprekshiter Das Dasi鈥� and 鈥楰shudha Prem Agun鈥�.聽
For his contribution to Bangla literature, he received several awards, including thye Bangla Academy Literary Award, Alaol Literary Award, Nazrul Padak, Lekhika Sangha Award,
Abdul Mannan Syed passed away on September 5, 2010 in Dhaka.
