Monzur-I-Mowla

Monzur-I-Mowla (1 October 1940 – 20 December 2020) was a Bangladeshi author, poet and former director general of Bangla Academy.

[1][2] His list of poetry books include Nimagna, Ki Kore Pabo, Mati Here Jai, Shawla o Dinghi, Pure Pure, Ai din Mitthey, Bandana Bristir and Peyecho Ki.

He was elected as the director general of Bangla Academy, the leading institution of publications in Bangladesh.

The month-long Ekushey Boi Mela book festival throughout the entire February month was introduced by him during his tenure at the Bangla Academy as its director general in the early 1980s.

He translated Henrik Ibsen's plays Brand, Elliott's Sweeney and The Rock, Murder in the Church.