Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature.

[4][5][6] Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman was born on 18 February 1937 to a Bengali family of Muslim Sheikhs in Basirhat, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency.

[8] His father, ATM Moazzem, was a homeopathy practitioner and his grandfather, Sheikh Abdur Rahim, was a journalist and writer.

[11] He served as Chairman of the Trustee Board of the Nazrul Institute and has been the president of the Bangla Academy since 2011.

He was admitted to Universal Medical College Hospital after falling sick about three weeks prior to his death.

[26] He is buried at Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka in line with the guidelines for the burial of COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.