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Momtazuddin Ahmed
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Ahmed in Illinois during Tagore Festival (2006)
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মমতাজউদ্দীন আহমদ
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| Born | 18 January 1935 Malda, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 2 June 2019 (aged 84) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Occupation | educationist, dramatist |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | MA (Bengali) |
| Genre | drama, essay, short story, screenplay |
| Notable works | Saat Ghater Kanakori, Ki Chaho Shankhachil |
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| Spouse | Quamrunnessa Begum Kumu |
| Children | 2 daughters and 2 sons |
Momtazuddin Ahmed (born January 18, 1935 – died June 2, 2019) was a famous person from Bangladesh. He was a talented writer of plays, an actor, and a teacher. He also worked a lot in culture, performing arts, and other important social and political activities. He was especially known for writing plays that used satire, which means using humor or exaggeration to show how things could be better.
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Momtazuddin Ahmed's Life and Work
A Dedicated Teacher
Momtazuddin Ahmed spent more than 32 years teaching. He taught Bengali, Sanskrit, and European drama at different colleges. He was also a professor at Jagannath University and taught part-time at the University of Dhaka.
A Voice for Change
Besides teaching, Ahmed was very active in writing and acting. He was an important part of the Bengali language movement. This movement was a big effort to make Bengali an official language in what was then East Pakistan.
His plays, Raja Onushwarer Pala and Ki Chaho Shankhachil, were so good that Rabindra Bharati University decided to include them in their study programs. From 1976 to 1978, Ahmed helped create the national school curriculum and textbooks for Bangladesh.
Cultural Leader
From 1977 to 1980, Ahmed worked as a director at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. This is a national academy for arts in Bangladesh. Later, he even worked for Bangladesh at the United Nations. He was a cultural minister there, helping to share Bangladeshi culture with the world.
Momtazuddin Ahmed passed away on June 2, 2019, in Dhaka when he was 84 years old. He was buried in his family's hometown in Bholahat Upazila.
His Creative Plays
Ahmed wrote about 25 plays for the stage, radio, and television. He also directed many of them. Most of his plays and directions were for his own theatre group, Theatre (Natok Shoroni).
Here are some of his well-known plays:
- Ami
- Lalu Shalu Ebong Syed Waliullah
- Ki Chaho Shankhachil
- Raja Anushwarer Pala
- Shadhinota Amar Shadhinota (meaning Freedom, My Freedom)
- Bokulporer Shadhinota
- Shaat Ghater Kana Kori
- Ohey Tanchak (This play was based on a funny play by a French writer named Molière.)
- Khamakha Khamakha (This was a comedy based on a play by William Shakespeare.)
- Barnochora
- Jamidar Darpan (This was a new version of an older play by Mir Mosharraf Hossain.)
Awards and Recognition
Momtazuddin Ahmed received several important awards for his amazing work:
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976) – This is one of the highest literary awards in Bangladesh.
- Ekushey Padak (1997) – This is the second-highest civilian award in Bangladesh.
- In 2008, the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy honored him as one of the best playwrights in Bangladesh.
- Alaol Literary Award
