Abdul Mannan Syed: His literary mystique

Abdul Mannan Syed's sudden and premature demise on September 5, 2010, at 67 appears to have occurred with the wattage and force that had stunningly accompanied his emergence on the Bangladesh literary scene about forty-six years ago.He was below-twenty at that time -- an age when average Bengalee writers just pussy-foot around the mainstream literature. But Mannan Syed was free of all kinds of awkwardness during his literary debut.

Self-confidence distinguished the poet from the very beginning.

The 'early bloomer' with his first creative piece, an experimental short story, set his foot on Dhaka literature with a flash, the dazzle that also lit his final exit.

Syed strode across the length and breadth of our literature with aplomb, mastering a unique style that eludes many. He had achieved all this for his being gifted with an enviable creative genius.A born writer as he was, he kept immersing himself in the fathomless joy of literature, producing a massive corpus that included poetry, short stories, essays (Probondho),fictions, verse plays, assorted prose and myriad of other creative works. Until his death, he has published over 160 books. He also loved to call himself a literary activist as he edited a few little magazines.

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