[7] Khan completed his honours and master's degrees from Dhaka University in 1963 and 1964 respectively and joined Munshiganj Haraganga College as a lecturer in the department of Bangla in 1964.

[9] On 1 October 2018 Shamsuzzaman Khan was appointed 'Bangabandhu Chair' Professor at Islamic University, Bangladesh in Kushtia.

[10] According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, "the critical judgment, historical insights and remarkable scholarship that Shamsuzzaman brings to his analyses and writings are altogether exceptional".

[7] Khan was criticized and condemned severely since he allowed different organizations to arrange events in the English language in the premises of Bangla Academy in his tenure.

[12] Khan wrote more than seventy books on topics ranging from serious literary articles and folklore to children's literature.