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Belal Chowdhury

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Belal Chowdhury
বেলাল চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 2012
Born(1938-11-12)12 November 1938
Died24 April 2018(2018-04-24) (aged 79)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi

Belal Chowdhury (12 November 1938 – 24 April 2018)[1][2][3] was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984, the Mazharul Islam Poetry Award in 2013 and Ekushey Padak in 2014.[4][5]

Career

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Chowdhury served Bharat Bichitra as its editor published from Indian embassy in Dhaka. He was also an editor of the Shaptahik Sandwip published by Rupali Group and Krittibas, a Bengali poetry magazine, edited by Sunil Gangopadhyay.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Poet Belal Chowdhury dies at 80 after long battle with illness". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Poet Belal Chowdhury passes away". The Daily Star. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Poet Belal Chowdhury at ICU". newsg24.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  4. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Poet Belal Chowdhury's health condition improves: family". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 2017-08-28. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2018-01-06.