Abdul Mannan Syed

Who was Abdul Mannan Syed?

Abdul Mannan Syed, was a renowned Bangladeshi poet, author and researcher. A versatile writer and poet, he was one of the most prolific Bengali literary personalities of the post-Partition Indian subcontinent. Until his death on 5 September 2010, he was regarded an authority on Bengali literature. Popularly regarded as a poet, he is also notable as a literary critic and an editor. Born as Syed Abdul Mannan, he assumed the pen name Ashoke Syed at the debut in literatur in 1960s. He published more than 150 titles to his credit during his lifetime. His works on poet Jibanananda Das and Kazi Nazrul Islam are not only seminal but also monumental in form, content and quality.