He is also known as a translator, essayist, novelist, folklorist, IPR-Specialist, columnist and professor of literature. Born at Pookkhali, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on September 30, 1949, he studied English language and literature at Dhaka University. Later he conducted a research on an esoteric relation between the liberation struggle and the contemporary poetry of Bangladesh at ICC, East-West Center under the University of Hawaii during the period 1985-86. He retired from his service of Bangla Academy as its senior-most director in 2006. Earlier he served as executive director (head of the organization) of Nazrul Institute, Dhaka (1995-2000).