Mozid Mahmud

Mozid Mahmud (; born 16 April 1966) is a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, and essayist. He is recognized as a major poet of the 1980s, with more than sixty books to his credit.

Biography Mozid Mahmud is the pen name of MD Abdul Mozid. He was born in 1966 at Chargorgori, a village thirteen kilometres west of Pabna, to the family of Mohammad Keramat Ali Biswas and Sanowara Begum.

Education He completed his early education in the local school and college. In 1986, he crossed the Jamuna and went to capital Dhaka, where he attended the University of Dhaka to receive an MA degree in Bengali literature and language in 1989 with a First Class. He was awarded a research grant by the Nazrul Institute in 1996, the result of which was Nazrul: Spokesman of the Third World (Nazrul: Tritiya Bishwer Mukhopatro; 1997) published from the same institute. He also awarded a research fellow by the University Grand commission, the result of which was Travelodge of Tagore (Rabindranather Vraman Sahitya 2010).

Career Mahmud works as a journalist. He also taught Bengali literature at several colleges and universities for five years.

Activism Mahmud has been working with poor and vulnerable people in Bangladesh, especially destitute northern part of the country from two decades. He established Organization for Social Advancement & Cultural Activities (OSACA) a non-government organisation which is fighting for hunger and legal rights.

Publications

Poetry Boutubani Fuler Deshe (In the World of the Boutubanis) 1985 Mahfuja Mongol, 1989 Goshther Dikey (Towards the Pasture), 1996 Ball Upakhyan (Odyssey of a Ball), 2001 Apple Kahinee (Story of an Apple), 2002 Dhatri clinicer Janma (The birth of maternity Clinic), 2007 Singha o Gardobher Kabita (Poems of Lion and Dunky), 2012

Mahfuza Mangal Majid Mahmud's book of poetry is a dedication to 'Mahfuza', following the trend of poetry and songs dedicated to gods and goddesses of religions and sects of the subcontinent. The poetry dedicated to gods and goddesses was for relief from the vagaries of nature. Majid Mahmud's poetry is passionate as images continue in their contortions. The space between man and gods and goddess resonates with the enormity of infinity and eternity. This collection is the edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first publication of the book in February 1989. After that there have been three more editions.

Novel Mahmud’s debut novel, Memorial Club, was first published in Bangla in 2021 and was a fixture at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair that same year. It was eventually translated to English and published by Gaudy Boy in 2025 as his first foray into the international market.

Essays, researches and narrative prose Nazrul: Tritiya Bishwer Mukhopatro (Nazrul: Spokesman of the Third World), 1997 Rabindranather Vraman Sahitya (Travelodge of Tagore), 2010 Keno Kabi Keno Kabi Nay (Why Poet or Not), 2002 Uttar Uponibesh Sahitya O Onyano (Post-Colonial Literature and Others), 2006 Bhasar Adhipatya (Dominations of Language), 2005 Rabindranath and Bharat Barso, 2011.

Short stories and fiction Makarsha o Rajanigandha (Spider and Tube-rose), 1986 Memorial Club, 2021

Edited books Brikha Bhalobaser Kabita ( The Anthology of Affection to Three), 2000 Jamrul Hasan Beg Smarak Grontha (A book on Jamrul Hasan Beg), 2003 Rabindranather Bhroman Sahitya (Travelogues of Tagore) 2010 Ashir dashoker Kabi o Kabita (Poems of Eighties), 1990

Journals and magazines Bangla Literature (1997), editor, a poetry journal Parbo, editor, a literary periodical journal (publishing 2005 to till)

Awards Poet Binay Majumder, Literary Award, Kolkata, 2011 National Press Club Award, 2008 Poet Bande Ali Literary Award, 1988 Poet Manjus Dash Literary Award, Kolkata, 2004 Poet Mojibur Rahman, Literary Award, 2005 Poet Mokbul Hossain Literary Award, 1999 Arunima Literary Award, 2012 Rabindra Nazrul Literary Award, 2006 Bengali Community Literary Honor from Delhi, 2010 Bengali Writers Honor from London, 2010 Jibanananda Das Award, 2015, Kokata, India