Poet Mohammad Nurul Huda recently received SAARC Literary Award at a programme, held at CD Deshmukh Auditorium of India International Centre in New Delhi. Indian poet and Sahittya Academy Professor Chandrashekhara Kambara handed over the award to the poet at the event. Besides Nurul Huda, Maldivian poet and researcher Ashraf Ali and Nepalese poet Bhishma Upreti have received the award this year.

Mohammad Nurul Huda is a noted poet and novelist. He has written more than fifty poetry books. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2015.

Huda studied English Literature at the University of Dhaka and obtained his B. A. with Honors in 1970 and M. A. in 1972. He participated in training courses at the East West Centre, Hawaii. After graduation he taught English in a colleges for about five years and then at the Dhaka University for a brief period. His literary career commenced early and he emerged in the 1960s as a modern poet.

In 2007, after 34 years of service Huda retired as Director of Bangla Academy, Dhaka. He also served as the Executive Director of the Nazrul Institute, Dhaka. He was a Consultant of WIPO, Geneva. He is the Departmental Head of English Department in European University of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Also, he contributes a regular column entitled Sadakotha (tr. Plain Tales) on social, political and cultural aspects of contemporary Bangladesh. He is the President of the Bangladesh Writers' Club.

A leading prolific writer of the country with sizeable contribution in various branches of literature, Huda is best known as a poet. He is particularly acclaimed as Jatisattar Kobi meaning 'the poet of national identity'. A versatile writer, he is also widely known as an essayist, literary critic, translator, folklorist and IPR-specialist for copyright and traditional cultural expressions.