Alauddin Al-Azad (6 May 1932 – 3 July 2009[1]) was a modern Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet.
Early life and education
Azad was born in Dhaka. He Passed Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1947 and 1949 respectively. From Dhaka University he earned his BA (Honors) and MA in 1953 and 1954. He received his PhD from London University in 1970 for his work Iswar Gupter Jeebon o Kabita. Also he was a first secretary of Bangladesh High Commission in Moscow. He died on 3 July 2009, in Uttara Thana.
Grave of Azad in Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard, Mirpur
Works
His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.
Novels
Teish Nambor Toilochitra (Oil Painting Number Twenty Three, 1960)
Shiter Sheshrat Basanter Pratham Din (Last Night of Winter First Day of Spring, 1962)
"Short Bios". bangladeshinovels.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-07-06.
Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
