Mohit Kamal

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Litterateur
Mohit Kamal
Bangla Academy Fellow, Editor, Shabdaghar Shabdaghar: A Literary and Cultural Monthly Magazine.
Born (1960-01-02) January 2, 1960 (age 64)
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Psychiatrist, writer
AwardsAgrani Bank Shishu Academy Child literature Award (2011)
Bangla Academy Literary Award (2018)

Mohit Kamal (born 2 January 1960) is a Bangladeshi psychiatrist specialized in narcotics/drug addiction related issues. He is a professor of psychotherapy and a former director of National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital, Dhaka. He is also a fiction writer. In recognition of his contributions to child literature, he received Agrani Bank Shishu Academy Child literature Award in 2011 and won Bangla Academy Literary Award-2018 in fiction category.[1][2][3]

Early life[edit]

Kamal was born on 2 January 1960 at Sandwip Upazila of Chittagong to Asadul Haq and Masuda Khatun.[4] He completed his secondary education from Chittagong Collegiate School and College and higher secondary from Chittagong College. He obtained his MBBS degree from Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Afsan Chowdhury, three others win Bangla Academy Prize". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Bangla Academy Lit Award announced". New Age. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Four win Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar". The Daily Star. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ^ বহুমাত্রিক লেখক মোহিত কামাল. Dainik Azadi (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 January 2019.