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{{Infobox person
| name = Syed Manzoorul Islam
| native_name = সৈয়দ মনজুরুল ইসলাম
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Syed Manzoorul Islam (02) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Islam in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|01|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sylhet]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = {{hlist|[[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]] | [[Murari Chand College]] | [[University of Dhaka]]}}
| occupation = Professor, writer
| awards = [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]]
}}

'''Syed Manzoorul Islam''' (born 18 January 1951) is a Bangladeshi critic, writer and a former professor of [[University of Dhaka|Dhaka University]].<ref name=TT>{{cite news|title=Syed Manzoorul Islam: Tales of the post-modern|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-190368|accessdate=20 January 2018|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=18 June 2022}}</ref> As a literary critic, he has written criticism on writers including [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]], [[Sudhindranath Dutta]], [[Samar Sen]], and [[Shamsur Rahman (poet)|Shamsur Rahman]].<ref name=badw>{{cite book |editor=[[Selina Hossain]], Nurul Islam and Mobarak Hossain |year=2000 |title=Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers |publisher=[[Bangla Academy]] |location=Dhaka |page=187 |isbn=984-07-4052-0}}</ref> He received a [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1996,<ref name=badw/> and his 2005 short stories collection ''Prem o Prarthanar Galpo'' was [[Prothom Alo]]'s book of the year. He became the president of [[PEN Bangladesh]] in January 2018.<ref name=pen>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/literature/syed-manzoorul-islam-veritable-man-letters-1522243|title=Syed Manzoorul Islam: "A Veritable Man of Letters"|date=2018-01-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Islam was born in the city of [[Sylhet]] to Syed Amirul Islam and Rabeya Khatun. He passed the entrance examination from [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]] in 1966 and Intermediate examination from [[Murari Chand College|Sylhet MC College]] in 1968.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He received his graduate and post-graduate degree from the [[University of Dhaka]] respectively in 1971 and 1972. Later he went to Canada and earned a PhD from [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], Kingston in 1981. In 1989, he went to the [[University of Southern Mississippi]] at [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]] as a Fulbright Scholar and taught there one semester. He retired from the faculty position at the [[University of Dhaka]] and joined [[University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh]].<ref name="pen" />

==Literary writings==
Islam used to write from his childhood. While reading in class six, he published his writing in a magazine, ''Shikkhok Samachar''.<ref name="Daily Sun">{{cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_08-02-2011_ds-reading-should-be-turned-into-a-habit:-syed-manzoorul-islam_122_1_7_1_0.html?view=details&news=search&type=main |title=Reading should be turned into a habit: Syed Manzoorul Islam |date=8 February 2011 |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121065226/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_08-02-2011_ds-reading-should-be-turned-into-a-habit:-syed-manzoorul-islam_122_1_7_1_0.html?view=details&news=search&type=main |archive-date=21 January 2013 |access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref> During his university days as a student, his friend's father fell sick and died in pain. This emotionally affected Islam and led him to write his first story, "Bishal Mrittu" in 1973.<ref name="Daily Sun"/> It received a positive response; but he abstained from publishing anything during his days in Canada. On his return to Bangladesh, he returned to writing and began contributing a regular column "Olosh Diner Hawa" in the literary section of the ''Dainik Sangbad''. He wrote on issues including art and literature. In 1989, Islam started writing for the magazine ''Bichinta'', which published many of his post-modern stories.

Islam describes himself as "a critic by training and a writer by compulsion".<ref name=surreal/> Though he writes in many genres, he himself values his fictional work more than his other writings.<ref name=surreal>{{cite news|title=Surreal: Flip side of reality|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/Surreal-Flip-side-of-reality/articleshow/12648413.cms|accessdate=14 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=13 April 2022}}</ref> In his stories, he usually incorporates his own experiences. He tries to live the life of his characters, seeing the world through their eyes and describing their pain and happiness.<ref name=surreal/> Of the surrealistic nature in his writing, he said that in his childhood he used to listen to fairy-tales in which surrealistic elements were an integral part and that gave his writing a similar texture.<ref name=surreal/> He believes that "the surreal is the flip side of reality - it is what gives meaning to our everydayness".<ref name=surreal/>

==Bibliography==
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'''Collections of Short stories'''
*''Shrestho Golpo'' (1994)
*''Thaka na-thakar Golpo'' (1996)
*''Kach Bhanga Rater Golpo'' (1998)
*''Alo O Ondhokar Dekhar Golpo'' (2001)
*''Prem O Prarthonar Golpo'' (2005)
*''Shukhdukkher Galpo'' (2011)
*''Bela Obelar Galpo'' (2012)
*''The Merman's Prayer and Other Stories'' (in English) (2013)
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'''Novels'''
*''Adhakhana Manush'' 2006)
*''Tin Parber Jiban'' 2008)
*''Kanagalir Manushera'' (2009)
*''Ajgubi Rat'' (2010)
*''Dinratriguli'' (2013)
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'''Essays'''
*''Nandantattwa'' (1985)
*''Katipaya Prabandha'' (1992)
*{{cite book|title=Essays on Ekushey: The Language Movement 1952|year=1994|publisher=[[Bangla Academy]]|location=Dhaka |language=Bengali |isbn=984-07-2968-3}}
*''Rabindranther Jyamiti o Anyanya Shilpaprashanga'' (2011)
*''Olosh Diner Haowa'' (2012)
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==References==
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