Syed Mujtaba Ali

Born in 1904, Syed Mujtaba Ali was a prominent literary figure in Bengali literature. A polyglot, a scholar of Islamic studies and a traveller, Mujtaba Ali taught in Baroda and at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan. By the time he died in 1974, he had more than two dozen books—fiction and non-fiction—to his credit.