Today is the 99th anniversary of birth of martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury.
Born in Manikganj on November 27, 1925, Munier Chowdhury had a leaning towards left politics and was involved in progressive cultural movements.
He was arrested for protesting against the killing of students by police on February 21, 1952, and was detained till 1954.
He wrote his acclaimed symbolic play titled Kabar in 1953, based on the language movement, while he was in prison.
The play was staged inside the jail and prisoners played different characters.
Although he started his literary career as a short story writer, his main interest was in writing plays, especially one-act plays.
Munier Chowdhury鈥檚 literary works include Raktakta Prantar, Chithi, Palashi Barrack O Anyanya, Dandakaranya , Keu Kichhu Balte Pare Na, Rupar Kouta, Mukhra Ramani Bashikaran, Mir Manas, Tulanamulak Samalochana and Bangla Gadyariti.
He was awarded the Bangla Academy Award in 1962. He was posthumously awarded the Independence Award in 1980.
He disappeared after he was abducted by Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators along with other Bengali intellectuals, educators, doctors and engineers on December 14, 1971.
