Mahbubul Alam

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Mahbubul Alam, also spelled Mahbub-ul, (1898-1981), was a renowned Bengali author. He was born in Fatehabad, in Chittagong District, Bangladesh.

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[edit] Life

During the First World War, he joined the Bangali Paltan, the Bengali Platoon. He went to Mesopotamia and fought. When the Bangali Paltan was broken, he took a job in a department of government.

[edit] Works

In Bangla prose, Mahbubul Alam is a writer of fiction and historian. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

[edit] Novel

  • Mafijon

[edit] Short story collections

  • Tajia
  • Pancha Anna

[edit] Others

  • Paltan Jiboner Sriti
  • Gof Sandesh

[edit] Award

  • President Puroshkar [1967]

[edit] References

  • Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national text book 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 text book of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
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