Ashraf Siddiqui

Ashraf Siddiqui
Director General of Bangla Academy
In office
4 June 1976 – 30 June 1982
Preceded byMustafa Nur-Ul Islam
Succeeded byManzoore Mawla
Personal details
Born(1927-03-01)1 March 1927
Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died19 March 2020(2020-03-19) (aged 93)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationWriter
AwardsIndependence Award (2026)
Websiteashrafsiddiqui.com
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Ashraf Siddiqui (1 March 1927 – 19 March 2020) was a Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist, and essayist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1964 and Ekushey Padak in 1988 by the Government of Bangladesh. In 2026, he was posthumously awarded Independence Award, the highest civilian honour of Bangladesh.

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