Muhammad Abdul Hye

Muhammad Abdul Hye (26 November 1919 – 3 June 1969) also known as Muhammad Abdul Hai was a Bengali educationist, litterateur, researcher and linguist who was and is remembered as a notable figure in the Bengali language movement.

Biography Hye was born on 26 November 1919 in Maricha, Raninagar thana, Murshidabad district, British India. His father was Abdul Ghani, and his mother was Maimunnessa Khatun. He studied at Bardhanpur Junior Madrasah until 1932, then at Rajshahi High Madrasah until 1936.

Hye completed an IA at Dacca Islamic Intermediate College in 1938. At the University of Dacca, he earned a BA (honours) in Bengali in 1941, and an MA in 1942,

In 1942, he began teaching at the secondary level at Dacca Islamic Intermediate College. The following year, he became a lecturer in Bengali at Krishnagar Government College.

After the partition of India, he transferred to Rajshahi Government College in 1947. From September 1968 to January 1969, he was a visiting professor at Missouri University in the United States. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and five daughters.

Works Sahitya O Sanskriti (literature and culture) (1954) Bilete Sare Satsho Din (750 days in England) (1958) Toshamod O Rajneetir Bhasha (flattery and the language of politics) (1959) Bhasha O Sahitya (language and literature) (1960) Dhwanivigyan O Bangla Dhwanitatto (phonetics and Bengali phonology) (1964)

Hye produced Bangla Sahityer Itibritto (history of Bengali literature modern period) jointly with Syed Ali Ahsan. He produced and published books in association with Ahmed Sharif, Muhammad Mansuruddin, Anisuzzaman and Anwar Pasha.