caption death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality ethnicity notableworks birth_date period genre article_title name occupation
a portrait of muhammed monsooruddin 19 september 1987 dhaka pabna ekushey padak independence day award bangladeshi bengali haramoni 31 january 1904 bengal renaissance folklore biography , lexicography , novel , short story , essay , muhammed mansooruddin
 muhammed monsooruddin teacher , writer , folklorist
muhammed mansooruddin

professor muhammed monsooruddin -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 31 january 1904 -- 19 september 1987 -rrb- was an eminent bengali author , literary critic , essayist , lexicographer and biographer from bangladesh .
he was an authority on folklore and was famous for a huge collection of age-old folk songs , mostly anthologised in thirteen volumes under the title haramoni .
in recognition of his lifelong contribution to folklore collection and research , the rabindra bharati university awarded him d.litt .
degree in 1987 .
