Al Mahmud

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1. Al Mahmud is one of the best Bangla poets and writers of Bangladesh.He was born in Brahmanbaria district.Mahmud started his career as a journalist.He was recognised as an outstanding poet after the publication of his volumes of verse Lok Lokantor in 1963.Later works such as Kaler Kalosh,Mayabi Purda Dula Otho,Sonali Kabin etc established his position as one of the most prominent poets of the country.In addition to writing poetry ,Al Mahmud has writen short stories, novels ,and essays.He is often said as having enriched bengali poetry by copious use of regional dialects.After the liberation war Bangladesh in1971,he joined the Daily Ganakantha as assistent editor.He was jailed for a year for being very critical of then Awama Leage government.Later he joined Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy and retired as its director.