Nurul Momen

Nurul Momen was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, orator, academician, satirist, essayist, translator and poet. He served as a faculty member in the capacities of professor and dean at the faculty of Law in the University of Dhaka. He also served as a lawyer. He is called "Father of Bangladeshi theatre" and "Natyaguru" of Bangladesh. He is regarded as a pioneer in two fields of Bengali Literature, which is a rare feat. The literary fields are:- Theatre & Belles-Lettres. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Award in 1961, merely a year after its inception. He was also honoured by the People's Republic of Bangladesh with the Ekushey Padak in 1978, only a couple of years after this State honor was introduced. ^{Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality (d. 1990)}

25 November 1908

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