Chowdhury Gulam Akbar
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Dargapur village, Maulvi Bazar District, British India (now Bangladesh)
Maulvi Bazar
Chowdhury Gulam Akbar | |
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| Born | 16 September 1921 Dargapur village, Maulvi Bazar District, British India (now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 29 December 1988 (aged 67) Maulvi Bazar |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, collector of folk literature |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Citizenship | Bangladeshi |
| Education | Matriculation |
| Genre | Bengali folk literature |
| Subject | Bengali literature |
| Notable awards | Muktabuddi Shahitya Shibir Padak (1977), Public Library Padak (1981), Syed Sultan purushkar (1982), Naityalook sylhet padak (1985) |
| Spouse | Fatema Begum Chowdhury |
Chowdhury Gulam Akbar (Bengali: চৌধুরী গোলাম আকবর; 16 September 1921 – 29 December 1988) was a Bangladeshi writer. He served in the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh as the collector of Bengali folk literature.[1]
Gulam Akbar was born on 16 September 1921 in Dargahpur village of Maulvi Bazar District (now Kamalganj Upazila, Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh). He passed the Middle English Examination in 1936. After passing the M.E Examination, he sat for a competitive examination and became a primary school teacher in 1942. Became a teacher he passed Guru training examination in 1952. As a private candidate he passed the Matriculation examination in 1954. After built the teaching career of 25 years, he resigned in 1967. He died in Maulvi Bazar on 29 December 1988.
