Munier Choudhury was born in 27 November 1925. He was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic, and political dissident.He was a victim of the mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1971. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 1980, by the then-president Ziaur Rahman's government, posthumously.He was brougth up in Manikganj. His father was Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury and his mother was Umme Kabir Afia BegumDuring his imprisonment in 1952–54, he wrote his symbolic drama on the historic language movement, Kabar (The Grave).His writing continued even after being freed from prison, some of his notable works being 'Roktakto Prantor', 'Chithi'and 'Polashi' 'Barrack O Onyanno'.In 1965, Choudhury redesigned the keyboard of the Bangla typewriter, named Munier Optima Keyboard in collaboration with Remington typewriters of the then East Germany.
