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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = Natyaguru<br />
| name = Nurul Momen<br />
| native_name = নুরুল মোমেন<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|11|25}}<br />
| birth_place = Alphadanga, [[Jessore District]], [[Bengal Presidency]] , [[British India]], Now [[ Jashore District]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|2|16|1908|11|25}}<br />
| death_place = [[Gulshan Thana|Gulshan]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Playwright<br />
* writer<br />
* [[educationist]]<br />
* theatre director<br />
}}<br />
| other_names = ''[[Natyaguru]]''<br />
| nationality = British Indian (1908–1947)<br />
Pakistani (1947–1971)<br />
Bangladeshi (After 1971)<br />
| spouse = Amena Momen (d. 1993)<br />
| children = 4<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]] <br /> [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
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[[University of London]]<br />
| notable_works = ''[[Nemesis (Momen play)|Nemesis]]''{{·}} ''[[Rupantor]]''<br />
''Alochhaya''<br />
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''Jodi Emon Hoto''<br />
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''Lest We Forget''<br />
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''Forbidden Pleasures''<br />
| awards = [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1961)<br />[[Ekushey Padak]] (1978)<br />
| website = {{URL|tukunmomen.wix.com/natyaguru}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nurul Momen''' (25 November 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, academician, satirist, essayist, translator and poet.<ref name="Jamil 2008">{{cite news|last=Mahmud|first=Jamil|title=Birth centenary of Professor Nurul Momen|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=65047|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=27 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Rubin 1998">{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Don|title=The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-05933-6|pages=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MUiXjMUl34C&q=nurul+momen&pg=PA104}}</ref><ref name="Ashutosh Bhattacharya">Bangla Natyashahitter Itihash, the most authoritative reference book on Bengali theater</ref> He served as a faculty member in the capacities of professor and dean at the faculty of Law in the [[University of Dhaka]]. He also served as a lawyer. He is called "Father of Bangladeshi theatre" and "'''Natyaguru'''" (or Natyo Guru or Natto Guru) of Bangladesh (''The Grand Teacher of Drama and Theatre'').<ref name="Jamil 2008"/> He was awarded the [[Bangla Academy Award]] in 1961, merely a year after its inception. He was also honoured by the [[People's Republic of Bangladesh]] with the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1978, only a couple of years after this State honor was introduced.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Momen was born on 25 November 1908. His father was Nurul Arefin, a physician and Zamindar (landlord) in Alfadanga, of the then [[Jessore District|Jessore]] district. (After the partition of India, from 1947, Alphadanga is in [[Faridpur district]].) He went to primary school in [[Calcutta]] and was admitted in 1916 into Khulna Zila School. At the age of ten he wrote his first poem, ''Shondhya'' (Evening), in the same verse as [[Tagore]]'s ''Shonar Tory''. In 1919 it was published in the journal ''Dhrubotara''. In 1920, he was enrolled in the [[Muslim Government High School|Dhaka High School]] where he resided in the Dafrin Hostel. After matriculation in 1924 he studied at [[Dhaka Collegiate School|Dhaka Intermediate College]]. Passing intermediate, he enrolled for a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] at the newly established [[Dhaka University]] in 1926.<br />
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While he was residing at "Muslim Hall" of Dhaka University, the various halls staged the then new play ''[[Muktadhara]]'' by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. After some initial resistance, Momen received the main role of "Botu". This ignited his passion for drama and even earned him the first prize, but it was also the first time that he performed as actor himself.<br />
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After receiving his B.A. from Dhaka University in 1929, he studied law at the [[Department of Law, University of Calcutta]]. Upon completing his [[B.L.]] examinations in 1936 he started practicing at the [[Calcutta High Court]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
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=== Radio work ===<br />
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After the foundation of [[All India Radio]] in Dhaka, 1939, Momen picked up on the opportunity of the new medium and became its first Muslim author. In 1941 he wrote and directed the comedy ''Rupantor'' (Transformation) for the radio. With its progressive plot and a female main character it differed vastly form traditional Muslim plays and was actually the first modern drama of Bangladesh. Upon initiative of the critic, the poet and literary critic [[Mohitlal Majumder]], the play was also published in the yearly [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] issue of the newspaper [[Anandabazar]].<br />
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While he was in London for higher studies from 1948 on, Nurul Momen and his friend Nazir Ahmed started a [[BBC]] Bengali program, a weekly one-hour format called'' Anjuman'' where Momen was responsible for the literary content.<br />
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=== Teaching career ===<br />
Rather than continuing to practice law even before the [[partition of India]], Momen joined the faculty of Law at the Dhaka University in 1945.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Mahmud |first=Faisal |year=2012 |chapter=Momen, Nurul |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Momen,_Nurul |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> There he was known for including elements from literature and music into the law classes. [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] was one of his favourite students, who enrolled in that department in 1948. He encouraged [[Munier Choudhury|Munier Chowdhury]] to get interested in theater and become a playwright. Momen encouraged him to read [[George Bernard Shaw]] and got many other students interested in theatre. He later translated ''[[You Never Can Tell (play)|You Never Can Tell]]''. From 1948 until 1951 Momen was on leave from the university, undergoing higher studies in England and graduating in Law from London University.<br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br />
* ''Rupantor''<br />
* [[Nemesis (Nurul Momen play)|''Nemesis'']]<br />
* ''Yadi Emon Hoto'' (1961)<br />
* ''Naya Khandan'' (1961)<br />
* ''Alochhaya'' (1962)<br />
* ''Shatkara Ashi''<br />
* ''Ainer Antorale''<br />
* ''Rupolekha''<br />
* ''Bhai Bhai Shobai''<br />
* ''Eituku ei Jibontate''<br />
* ''Underneath the Law''<br />
* ''We are Brothers All''<br />
* ''Is Law An Ass''<br />
* ''At the Altar of the Law''<br />
* ''Jeman Ichchha Temon''<br />
* ''Adikkheta''<br />
* ''London Probashe''<br />
* ''Ha-jo-bo-ro-la''<br />
* ''Lest We Forget''<br />
* ''Forbidden Pleasures''<br />
* ''Andhokartai Alo'' (1964)<br />
* ''Thik Cholar Poth''<br />
* ''Eituku ei Jibontate''<br />
* ''Yadi Emon Hoto'' (1961)<br />
* ''Thik Cholar Poth''<br />
* Underneath the Law<br />
* We are Brothers All<br />
* Is Law An Ass<br />
* At the Altar of the Law<br />
* As You Like It<br />
}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Award]] best Playwright and litterateur, 1961<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] for Drama and literature, 1978<br />
* [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]], 1967 (which he renounced and destroyed in 1971)<ref name="Mahmud Part 2">{{cite news|last=Mahmud|first=Dr.Faisal|title=Natyaguru Nurul Momen (Part 2)|url=http://thenewnationbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3837:natyaguru-nurul-momen&catid=92:literature&Itemid=254|access-date=19 December 2010|newspaper=The New Nation|date=9 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
In 1936 Momen married Amena Momen, née Khatun (died 1993). They had four children – Momena Momen Saara (died 1995), Ahmad Nurul Momen (died 2009), Hammad Nurul Momen and Faisal Mahmud Tukun Nurul Momen.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
On 25 November 2008, his birth centenary was celebrated at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).<ref name="Jamil 2008" /> His 102nd birthday was celebrated in November 2010 with a week-long festival, organized again by the BSA together with the Aurony Mohona International Foundation (AMIF).<ref name="Jamil 2010">{{cite news|last=Mahmud|first=Jamil|title=Tribute to a Theatre Icon|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=163356|access-date=22 December 2010|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=24 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=64750 Daily Star_25 Nov.2008: Birth anniversary of Natyaguru Nurul Momen]<br />
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A TV program on Natyaguru Nurul Momen https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ki69H8j9hoI<br />
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=23608 Daily Star_ 16 Feb.2008: 18th death anniversary of Nurul Momen]<br />
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/06/02/d706021402118.htm Daily Star_ 2 Jun.2007: Homage to Nurul Momen]<br />
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=33631 Daily Star_ 25 Apr.2008:Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy's tribute to Nurul Momen]<br />
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=55718 ..displayed live performances, video installation and photographs at twelve pavilions, which were named in the memory of late theatre personalities of the country such as AKM Bazlul Karim, Moksud-us-Saleheen, Nurul Momen..]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725035703/http://www.bangaleeshamagra.org/music.php in Bangalee Shamagra museum there are 60 portraits of celebrated Bangalees in different fields of the society]<br />
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