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{{infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mazharul Islam<br />
| native_name = মাজহারুল ইসলাম<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| office = Director General of [[Bangla Academy]]<br />
| term_start = 2 June 1972<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/2015/12/05/another-decade-of-the-academy/|title=Another decade of the academy|publisher=Dhaka Tribune|date=2015-12-05|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref><br />
| term_end = 12 August 1974<br />
| predecessor = ''Position established''<br />
| successor = [[Nilima Ibrahim]]<br />
| office1 = [[Vice-chancellor]] of [[University of Rajshahi]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Khan Sarwar Murshid]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Syed Ali Ahsan]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|07|01|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|11|14|1929|07|01|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand<br />
| alma_mater = [[Indiana University]]<br />
| education = Ph.D.<br />
| children = [[Choyon Islam]], [[Merina Jahan Kabita]]<br />
| image =<br />
| honorific_prefix = Professor<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mazharul Islam''' (1 July 1929 – 14 November 2003)<ref name=award>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-105368|title=Mazharul Islam Award introduced|date=2009-09-10|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}</ref><ref name=death>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/11/16/d31116060770.htm|title=Dr Mazharul Islam dead|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2003-11-16|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi poet, folklorist, and academic. He served as the [[vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of Rajshahi]]. In 1972, he was appointed as the first Director General of [[Bangla Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/city-news/bangla-academy-marks-54th-founding-anniv-today/|title=Bangla Academy marks 54th founding anniv today|date=2009-12-03|publisher=Dhaka Mirror|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/english/?page_id=42|title=Brief History of Bangla Academy|website=banglaacademy.org.bd|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Islam obtained his PhD in Bengali literature in 1958 and another PhD in folklore studies from [[Indiana University]] in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.newagebd.net/66837/prof-mazharul-islams-11th-death-anniv-today/|title=Prof Mazharul Islam’s 11th death anniv today|publisher=New Age|date=2014-11-15|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life and legacy==<br />
Islam was married to Nurjahan Mazhar.<ref name=award/> Together they had two sons and two daughters. His four children are [[Merina Jahan Kabita]], a member of the Bangladesh Awami League Central Committee and imcumbent member of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (2021-present), [[Choyon Islam]], a prominent industrialist and former Member of Parliament (2008–2014), Dr Chanda Islam, professor of [[Murray State University]] and Shovon Islam, a prominent computer scientist and one of the leading industrialists of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-12-31|title=In memoriam Dr Mazharul Islam : From a daughter's perspective|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/12/31/d31231150499.htm|access-date=2017-12-17|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref name="award" /><ref name="death" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-14|title=Professor Mazharul Islam’s death anniversary Sunday|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/11/14/professor-mazharul-islam-s-death-anniversary-sunday|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><br />
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In 2009, "Mazharul Islam Kabita Puruskar", an annual award to inspiring poets, was introduced by Islam's family.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-105368|title=Mazharul Islam Award introduced|date=2009-09-10|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-04|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1929 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Bangladeshi folklorists]]<br />
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[[Category:Indiana University alumni]]<br />
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[[Category:Bangladeshi male poets]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century male writers]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members]]<br />
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