Poets

Ahsan Habib was a popular and well-acclaimed Bangladeshi poet and a major literary figure in Bengali culture.

Birth and Education

Ahsan Habib was was born in the village of Shankarpasha in Pirojpur district. His father's name was Hamijuddin and mother's was Jamila Khatun. He was the first one out of ten children of very poor parents. After passing the Entrance examination in 1935 from Pirojpur Government School, he enrolled at the B M College, Barisal, but had to drop out because of financial reasons. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Kolkata, the capital city at that time, to find a job.

Life in Kolkata

Ahsan Habib started to stragle with life from Kolkata. After coming Kolkata in 1937, he joined the Takbir as assistant editor. His salary was only 17 taka. He subsequently worked in the Bulbul (1937-38) and the saogat (1939-43). From 1943 to 1948 he also worked as a staff artiste at the Kolkata centre of All India Radio.

Back to Dhaka

After the partition of India in 1947, he left Kolkata for dhaka. Here he married a Mahsin Ali's daughter Sufiya Khatun from Katnarpara in Bagura on 21 June 1947. He was the father of four children: 2 daughters and 2 sons.

The other publications where he worked include the Daily azad, Monthly mohammadi, Daily Krishak, Daily Ittehad, Weekly Prabaha, etc. He was also the production adviser of Franklin Publications from 1957 to 1964. From 1964 to 1985 he worked at the Dainik Pakistan/ Dainik Bangla.

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