title: Ali Anwar (writer)
text: # Ali Anwar (writer)
  
  Ali Anwar (died on 3 March 2014) was a Bangladeshi litterateur and translator. He served as a professor of the Department of English at the University of Rajshahi. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2006 in the essay category.
  
  ## Career
  
  Anwar joined University of Rajshahi as a faculty member in 1962 and retired in 2001. He translated the plays of many dramatists, including Euripides and Harold Pinter.
  
  