page_title: Al Mahmud
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Al Mahmud / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Poet Al Mahmud in 2009
context_page_description: Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He is considered one of the greatest Bengali poets to have emerged in the 20th century. His work in Bengali poetry is dominated by his frequent use of regional dialects.
  In the 1950s he was among those Bengali poets who were outspoken in their writing on such subjects as the events of the Bengali Language Movement, nationalism, political and economical repression, and the struggle against the West Pakistani government.
context_section_description: Bangla Academy Literary Award (1968)
  Joy Bangla Award (1972)
  Humayun Kabir Memorial Award (1972)
  Jibonananda Memorial Award (1972)
  Kaji Motaher Hossain Literary Award (1976)
  Kabi Jasim Uddin Award
  Philips Literary Award (1986)
  Ekushey Padak (1986)
  Nasir Uddin Gold Award (1990)
  Chattagram Sangskriti Kendro Farrukh Memorial Award (1995)
  Alakta Literary Award
  Lalon Award (2011)
caption: Mahmud in 2009
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