Abul Momen

Abul Momen is a Bangladeshi journalist. He had been a resident editor of Prothom Alo since 1998. He is currently the advisory editor of Dainik Suprabhat. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2017 by the government of Bangladesh.

Background and career

Momen was born on December 18, 1948, in Chittagong district. He was the son of littérateur Abul Fazal. He completed his master's at the University of Dhaka. He worked at Chittagong Art College, The Daily Star, and Bhorer Kagoj. He was a professor at the University of Chittagong. He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2016 in the non-fiction category.

Momen is married to Shila Momen. Together they have one daughter and one son.