Abid Azad

Abid Azad
Native name
আবিদ আজাদ
BornHabibur Rahman
(1952-11-16)16 November 1952
Died22 March 2005(2005-03-22) (aged 52)
Pen nameSumon Al Yousuf
OccupationPoet
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Abid Azad (16 November 1952 – 22 March 2005) was an eminent Bangladeshi poet, critic and literary editor. Azad was the author of 19 books of poetry including Ghaser Ghatana (1976), Amar Mon Kemon Kore (1980), Banotaruder Marma (1982), and Shiter Rachanabali (1983).[1]

Early life

Abid Azad was born as Habibur Rahman, as named by his parents.[2] Nicknamed Renu, he was the second-born of eleven children.[2] He wrote poems with the names Renu and Sumon Al Yousuf.[2] His first book of poems, Ghaser Ghatana, was published in 1976.[2] He studied in Azimuddin School, Gurudoyal College and the University of Dhaka.[2]

Personal life

Azad's wife died in 1987.[2] Their first son, Taimur Rashid, was born in 1982.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zaman, Niaz (2003). Under the krishnachura: fifty years of Bangladeshi writing. Dhaka University Press. p. 448. ISBN 978-984-05-1663-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Rashid, Taimur (22 March 2024). "দাদি বাবাকে পাঠিয়েছিলেন ডাক্তার হতে, কিন্তু তিনি হলেন কবি" [My grandmother sent my father to become a doctor but he became a poet]. Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 March 2024.


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