{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1462","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1460","results":[{"id":16619,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shamim Azad","bio":"\nShamim Azad (Bengali: শামীম আজাদ; born 11 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi-born British bilingual poet, storyteller and writer.\nAzad was born in Mymensingh, Dhaka, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) (the town where her father worked), her hometown was Sylhet. She passed her SSC from Jamalpur Girls High School in 1967 and passed her Intermediate from Tangail Kumudini College in 1969. She enrolled in Dhaka University and gained an Honours degree in 1972 and a master's degree in 1973.\nIn 1990, Azad came to England.","raw_bio":"Shamim Azad (Bengali: শামীম আজাদ; born 11 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi-born British bilingual poet, storyteller and writer. Azad was born in Mymensingh, Dhaka, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) (the town where her father worked), her hometown was Sylhet. She passed her SSC from Jamalpur Girls High School in 1967 and passed her Intermediate from Tangail Kumudini College in 1969. She enrolled in Dhaka University and gained an Honours degree in 1972 and a master's degree in 1973. In 1990, Azad came to England.","slug":"shamim-azad","DOB":"1952-11-11","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/shamim-azad","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.057449","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16621,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Prabal Kumar Basu","bio":"\nPrabal Kumar Basu (Bengali: প্রবালকুমার বসু) is an Indian poet, essayist and editor. He writes in his mother tongue Bengali.\nPrabal Kumar Basu was born on 21 September 1960, in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) to Debkumar Basu and Chhanda Basu. Debkumar Basu was quite well known and active in the Bengali cultural sphere and most of his friends and acquaintances were prominent writers, poets, artists and others. Young Prabal grew up in an environment where the arts featured prominently as a part of daily life. The seeds of his literary aspirations were sowed at an early age.\nThe poet Shakti Chattopadhyay was a huge influence on Prabal. Travelling with the senior poet through rural West Bengal gave Prabal a ring-side view of man and nature intersect, a view which shaped his early works. His close association with nature increased manifold while he was studying engineering at Jalpaiguri which was close to the Dooars forest.","raw_bio":"Prabal Kumar Basu (Bengali: প্রবালকুমার বসু) is an Indian poet, essayist and editor. He writes in his mother tongue Bengali. Prabal Kumar Basu was born on 21 September 1960, in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) to Debkumar Basu and Chhanda Basu. Debkumar Basu was quite well known and active in the Bengali cultural sphere and most of his friends and acquaintances were prominent writers, poets, artists and others. Young Prabal grew up in an environment where the arts featured prominently as a part of daily life. The seeds of his literary aspirations were sowed at an early age. The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay was a huge influence on Prabal. Travelling with the senior poet through rural West Bengal gave Prabal a ring-side view of man and nature intersect, a view which shaped his early works. His close association with nature increased manifold while he was studying engineering at Jalpaiguri which was close to the Dooars forest.","slug":"prabal-kumar-basu","DOB":"1960-09-21","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kolkata","url":"/sootradhar/prabal-kumar-basu","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.084964","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16624,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Arup Chandra","bio":"\nArup Chandra, born in 1951 in  Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, is a writer, poet, essayist, art critic, and an educator. He is the writer of more than fourteen books, and has edited twelve others. Two of his books are translated into English and published. His research speciality is the history, poetry, art, culture and literature of Murshidabad District.\nHis most known works are related to education, arts, literature and history. He remarkably researched and developed 'Bengali Shorthand'; presently 'Arup Chandra Bengali Shorthand System' is the most popular 'Bengali Shorthand System' in Bengal.","raw_bio":"Arup Chandra, born in 1951 in  Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, is a writer, poet, essayist, art critic, and an educator. He is the writer of more than fourteen books, and has edited twelve others. Two of his books are translated into English and published. His research speciality is the history, poetry, art, culture and literature of Murshidabad District. His most known works are related to education, arts, literature and history. He remarkably researched and developed 'Bengali Shorthand'; presently 'Arup Chandra Bengali Shorthand System' is the most popular 'Bengali Shorthand System' in Bengal.","slug":"arup-chandra","DOB":"1951-03-05","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Baharampur, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India","url":"/sootradhar/arup-chandra","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.115683","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16625,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Soumitra Chatterjee","bio":"\nSoumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films.\nStarting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The Family of Apu, 1959), the third part of The Apu Trilogy, as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (1964), Kapurush (1965), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Sonar Kella (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980), Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984), Shakha Proshakha (1990) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989).\nHe also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, such as Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965); Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961); Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Ganadevata (1978). He acted in more than 210 films in his career. He also received critical acclaim for his directorial debut Stree Ki Patra (1986) which was based on the Bengali short story Streer Patra by Rabindranath","raw_bio":"Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films. Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The Family of Apu, 1959), the third part of The Apu Trilogy, as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (1964), Kapurush (1965), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Sonar Kella (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980), Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984), Shakha Proshakha (1990) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). He also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, such as Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965); Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961); Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Ganadevata (1978). He acted in more than 210 films in his career. He also received critical acclaim for his directorial debut Stree Ki Patra (1986) which was based on the Bengali short story Streer Patra by Rabindranath","slug":"soumitra-chatterjee","DOB":"1935-01-19","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kolkata, West Bengal, India[1]","url":"/sootradhar/soumitra-chatterjee","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.133642","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16633,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Bimal Guha","bio":"\nBimal Guha (born 27 October 1952) is a Bangladeshi poet. He appeared on the Bangladesh literary scene in the 1970s. His themes revolve around the war of liberation and the eternal subjects of love, nature, motherland, mother-tongue, tradition, and modernity.\nGuha was born to Prasanna Kumar Guha and Manadabala Guha in Bajalia Union under Satkania Upazila of Chittagong District. He was the eldest among his siblings – Nirmal, Niyati and Amal. Bimal had his early education at local Bajalia High School and passed SSC in 1968. He had  his Higher Secondary Education at Satkania College and passed HSC in 1970. Late he received his MA in Bengali literature from the University of Chittagong in 1975. He had his higher education in publishing at Napier University. He received training in editing and publication from Philippines and Thailand. He earned his PhD in modern Bengali poetry from the University of Dhaka in 1997.\nGuha entered the literary arena in 1968 while he was in school. He read the Sanchaita (collected poems) by Rabindranath Tagore during his leisure time after his secondary examination. He was inspired and began writing. His first poem, Akash (The Sky) was published in Rashmi, the Satkania college magazine, in 1969. Shortly after, his poems began to appear in different literary periodicals and literary sections of the daily newspapers.","raw_bio":"Bimal Guha (born 27 October 1952) is a Bangladeshi poet. He appeared on the Bangladesh literary scene in the 1970s. His themes revolve around the war of liberation and the eternal subjects of love, nature, motherland, mother-tongue, tradition, and modernity. Guha was born to Prasanna Kumar Guha and Manadabala Guha in Bajalia Union under Satkania Upazila of Chittagong District. He was the eldest among his siblings – Nirmal, Niyati and Amal. Bimal had his early education at local Bajalia High School and passed SSC in 1968. He had  his Higher Secondary Education at Satkania College and passed HSC in 1970. Late he received his MA in Bengali literature from the University of Chittagong in 1975. He had his higher education in publishing at Napier University. He received training in editing and publication from Philippines and Thailand. He earned his PhD in modern Bengali poetry from the University of Dhaka in 1997. Guha entered the literary arena in 1968 while he was in school. He read the Sanchaita (collected poems) by Rabindranath Tagore during his leisure time after his secondary examination. He was inspired and began writing. His first poem, Akash (The Sky) was published in Rashmi, the Satkania college magazine, in 1969. Shortly after, his poems began to appear in different literary periodicals and literary sections of the daily newspapers.","slug":"bimal-guha","DOB":"1952-10-27","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/bimal-guha","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.224123","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16637,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Abul Hussain","bio":"\nAbul Hussain (15 August 1922 – 29 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1980 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1963.\nHussain's first poetry book published in 1940. He has over 30 books including Birosh Shonglap (1969) and Hawa Tomarkee Dushahosh (1982). He obtained a Master's in Economics from Calcutta University and served as the editor of the Rabindra Parishad of Presidency College.\nHis father SM Ismail Hossain worked in the police department. He was killed by the Pakistani army during the war of independence\n. Abul Hossain studied at Krishnanagar Collegiate School, Kushtia High School, Calcutta Presidency College and Calcutta University.","raw_bio":"Abul Hussain (15 August 1922 – 29 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1980 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1963. Hussain's first poetry book published in 1940. He has over 30 books including Birosh Shonglap (1969) and Hawa Tomarkee Dushahosh (1982). He obtained a Master's in Economics from Calcutta University and served as the editor of the Rabindra Parishad of Presidency College. His father SM Ismail Hossain worked in the police department. He was killed by the Pakistani army during the war of independence . Abul Hossain studied at Krishnanagar Collegiate School, Kushtia High School, Calcutta Presidency College and Calcutta University.","slug":"abul-hussain","DOB":"1922-08-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Dhaka, Bangladesh","url":"/sootradhar/abul-hussain","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.263371","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16638,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ashraf Hussain","bio":"Munshi Muhammad Ashraf Hussain (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আশরাফ হোসেন; 1892-1965), was a Bengali poet, researcher and a collector of puthis and folk literature. He was also known for his contribution in the study of the Sylheti Nagri script.\nAshraf Hussain was born in 1892 in the village of Rahimpur in Kamalganj Thana, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India to a traditional Bengali Muslim family. His father, Jawad Ullah, was a munshi. Hussain started his education in a local maktab. After studying in a Qawmi Madrasah for five years, he earned the title of munshi. He studied in Kaliprasad Middle English School, finishing in the third grade at 1915.\nIn 1918, he established and taught at a primary school, becoming the headmaster In 1922. He passed his teacher training examination in Silchar Normal School.\nFrom 1918, Hussain also started writing for many magazines and newspapers about local issues. During this time, he grew an enthusiasm of folk literature. Dinesh Chandra Sen decided to include Hussain's Manipurer Ladai (or the Battle of Manipur) to his prominent work, the Eastern Bengal Ballads. Hussain presented a lot of his findings to the University of Dhaka, which would be used in the future for comparative studies. He also wrote a number of articles for renowned journals in Bengal. He also wrote a number of articles for renowned journals in Bengal.","raw_bio":"Munshi Muhammad Ashraf Hussain (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আশরাফ হোসেন; 1892-1965), was a Bengali poet, researcher and a collector of puthis and folk literature. He was also known for his contribution in the study of the Sylheti Nagri script. Ashraf Hussain was born in 1892 in the village of Rahimpur in Kamalganj Thana, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India to a traditional Bengali Muslim family. His father, Jawad Ullah, was a munshi. Hussain started his education in a local maktab. After studying in a Qawmi Madrasah for five years, he earned the title of munshi. He studied in Kaliprasad Middle English School, finishing in the third grade at 1915. In 1918, he established and taught at a primary school, becoming the headmaster In 1922. He passed his teacher training examination in Silchar Normal School. From 1918, Hussain also started writing for many magazines and newspapers about local issues. During this time, he grew an enthusiasm of folk literature. Dinesh Chandra Sen decided to include Hussain's Manipurer Ladai (or the Battle of Manipur) to his prominent work, the Eastern Bengal Ballads. Hussain presented a lot of his findings to the University of Dhaka, which would be used in the future for comparative studies. He also wrote a number of articles for renowned journals in Bengal. He also wrote a number of articles for renowned journals in Bengal.","slug":"ashraf-hussain","DOB":"1892-10-29","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kamalganj","url":"/sootradhar/ashraf-hussain","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.272507","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16640,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Hafiz Rashid Khan","bio":"Hafiz Rashid Khan (Bengali: হাফিজ রশিদ খান, born June 23, 1961) is a Bangladeshi postcolonialist poet, author, editor, journalist and Adibaasi researcher. His literary philosophy mostly comes from the practice of the Neo-colonialism and known as postcolonialist writer and reputed for working in the tribal area at the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. As of 2019, he wrote moreless twenty-five titles including fifteen poetry and eight criticism.\nIn 1982 at his twenty one years age his first poetry was published from Chittagong. In 2018 he published fifteen and the last poetry book titled Dinga Bhase Dakshin Samudrey.\nHe received several awards including, Chittagong City Corporation Literary Award for contributing in Bengali essay, honoured by Chittagong City Corporation in 2016. He also awarded Kolkata Little Magazine Library Award by Kolkata Little Magazine Library And Research Center for editing his  magazine Pushpakroth.\nHafiz Rashid Khan was born on June 23, 1961 in Banshkhali, Chittagong, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His father was a government employee. He grew up at Sulakbahar area. Hafiz earned a bachelor degree from the University of Chittagong. He currently served as a journalist at the daily newspaper Suprobhat Bangladesh in Chattogram.","raw_bio":"Hafiz Rashid Khan (Bengali: হাফিজ রশিদ খান, born June 23, 1961) is a Bangladeshi postcolonialist poet, author, editor, journalist and Adibaasi researcher. His literary philosophy mostly comes from the practice of the Neo-colonialism and known as postcolonialist writer and reputed for working in the tribal area at the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. As of 2019, he wrote moreless twenty-five titles including fifteen poetry and eight criticism. In 1982 at his twenty one years age his first poetry was published from Chittagong. In 2018 he published fifteen and the last poetry book titled Dinga Bhase Dakshin Samudrey. He received several awards including, Chittagong City Corporation Literary Award for contributing in Bengali essay, honoured by Chittagong City Corporation in 2016. He also awarded Kolkata Little Magazine Library Award by Kolkata Little Magazine Library And Research Center for editing his  magazine Pushpakroth. Hafiz Rashid Khan was born on June 23, 1961 in Banshkhali, Chittagong, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His father was a government employee. He grew up at Sulakbahar area. Hafiz earned a bachelor degree from the University of Chittagong. He currently served as a journalist at the daily newspaper Suprobhat Bangladesh in Chattogram.","slug":"hafiz-rashid-khan","DOB":"1961-06-23","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Banshkhali, Chittagong, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)","url":"/sootradhar/hafiz-rashid-khan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.318813","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16642,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Bijay Chand Mahtab","bio":"\nMaharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab, GCIE, KCSI, IOM (Bengali: মহারাজাধিরাজা বাহাদুর স্যার বিজয়চাঁদ মহতাব; 19 October 1881 – 29 August 1941) was the ruler of Burdwan Estate, Bengal in British India (present-day West Bengal, India) from 1887 till his death in 1941.\nMahtab's predecessor, Maharaja Aftab Chand Mahtab (ruled : 1879–85) died without heirs, and his widow adopted Bijoy Chand Mahtab, son of Khatri Ban Bihari Kapur, a relative of Mahtab Chand Bahadur, a past ruler of Burdwan Estate from 1832 to 1879. At the time of adoption, in 1887, he was only six years old, therefore, the Court of Wards along with the Diwani-i-Raj, Ban Bihari Kapoor, (the natural father of Bijaychand), ruled the estate up to 1902. In 1893, the title of 'Raja' was bestowed on Ban Bihari Kapoor. The government permitted the Raj in 1897 to maintain an armed force of 600 people and 41 cannons.\nIn 1899, Bijay Chand Mahtab passed the entrance examination of Calcutta University, and was the first in the Raj family to obtain a formal educational qualification.","raw_bio":"Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab, GCIE, KCSI, IOM (Bengali: মহারাজাধিরাজা বাহাদুর স্যার বিজয়চাঁদ মহতাব; 19 October 1881 – 29 August 1941) was the ruler of Burdwan Estate, Bengal in British India (present-day West Bengal, India) from 1887 till his death in 1941. Mahtab's predecessor, Maharaja Aftab Chand Mahtab (ruled : 1879–85) died without heirs, and his widow adopted Bijoy Chand Mahtab, son of Khatri Ban Bihari Kapur, a relative of Mahtab Chand Bahadur, a past ruler of Burdwan Estate from 1832 to 1879. At the time of adoption, in 1887, he was only six years old, therefore, the Court of Wards along with the Diwani-i-Raj, Ban Bihari Kapoor, (the natural father of Bijaychand), ruled the estate up to 1902. In 1893, the title of 'Raja' was bestowed on Ban Bihari Kapoor. The government permitted the Raj in 1897 to maintain an armed force of 600 people and 41 cannons. In 1899, Bijay Chand Mahtab passed the entrance examination of Calcutta University, and was the first in the Raj family to obtain a formal educational qualification.","slug":"bijay-chand-mahtab","DOB":"1881-10-19","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"GCIE","url":"/sootradhar/bijay-chand-mahtab","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.336823","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16645,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shahabuddin Nagari","bio":"\nShahabuddin Nagari (born 6 October 1955) is a modern poet of Bangladesh, who appeared in the 1970s and gained pre-eminence as a lyricist. According to literary critic Abdul Mannan Syed, \"Shahabuddin Nagari is one of those few powerful poets of 1970s whose mastery of mixing romanticism with instinct is amazing\". As of February 2016, he has published more than 75 titles. Nagari is most noted for his songs and works for the children. He was a senior bureaucrat of the government of Bangladesh. In 1971, he actively participated in the liberation war of Bangladesh.\nHe married Dr. Aftabun Nahar Maksuda (1958) on 9 September 1983 at the age of 28. His wife's paternal residence is in Shalgaria, Pabna. At that time his wife was working as an Assistant Surgeon in the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital. His wife, having served as a government physician for a long time, was appointed as a Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh in 2006. At present she is the Additional  Secretary to the Government and working in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.\nNagari started his education in Dinajpur. After studying grade one and two in Dinajpur Bangla School, he got admitted into the Dinajpur Zilla School in grade three. At the middle of his grade five, his father was transferred to Barisal and he shifted with his mother and siblings to his village home. There, after finishing grade five in Shibnagar Primary School, he got admitted into Kansat High School in grade six. After getting promoted to grade eight, he moved with his family to Dhaka. At that time his father was working at the Dhaka DLR & SS Office, Tejgaon, having been transferred from Barisal. After coming to Dhaka, he got admitted into the Rajabazar Nazneen High School. When he was a student of this school, he joined in a movement started in the country against the textbook Pakistan : Desh O Krishti (en: Pakistan : Country and Culture).  From this school he passed SSC in 1972. By that time, since his father was transferred to Chittagong, he also shifted to Chittagong and got admitted into the higher secondary class in the Chittagong College. He passed HSC in 1974 from this college. Although he wanted to study English for Honours, he yielded to the desire of his family and got admitted into the Zoology Department of the Chittagong University in 1974. After completing his BSc (Honours) in 1978, he continued in the same department in the Thesis Group for Masters. The topic of his thesis was Rice Field Spiders in Chittagong. He was the only entomologist who worked on spiders for the first time in Bangladesh (1978–80). He finished his academic education in 1980. For some time he worked as a Research Fellow of the University Grants Commission under the supervision of Professor (Dr.) Shafique Haider Chowdhury. Again his focus of research was spiders.","raw_bio":"Shahabuddin Nagari (born 6 October 1955) is a modern poet of Bangladesh, who appeared in the 1970s and gained pre-eminence as a lyricist. According to literary critic Abdul Mannan Syed, \"Shahabuddin Nagari is one of those few powerful poets of 1970s whose mastery of mixing romanticism with instinct is amazing\". As of February 2016, he has published more than 75 titles. Nagari is most noted for his songs and works for the children. He was a senior bureaucrat of the government of Bangladesh. In 1971, he actively participated in the liberation war of Bangladesh. He married Dr. Aftabun Nahar Maksuda (1958) on 9 September 1983 at the age of 28. His wife's paternal residence is in Shalgaria, Pabna. At that time his wife was working as an Assistant Surgeon in the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital. His wife, having served as a government physician for a long time, was appointed as a Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh in 2006. At present she is the Additional  Secretary to the Government and working in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. Nagari started his education in Dinajpur. After studying grade one and two in Dinajpur Bangla School, he got admitted into the Dinajpur Zilla School in grade three. At the middle of his grade five, his father was transferred to Barisal and he shifted with his mother and siblings to his village home. There, after finishing grade five in Shibnagar Primary School, he got admitted into Kansat High School in grade six. After getting promoted to grade eight, he moved with his family to Dhaka. At that time his father was working at the Dhaka DLR & SS Office, Tejgaon, having been transferred from Barisal. After coming to Dhaka, he got admitted into the Rajabazar Nazneen High School. When he was a student of this school, he joined in a movement started in the country against the textbook Pakistan : Desh O Krishti (en: Pakistan : Country and Culture).  From this school he passed SSC in 1972. By that time, since his father was transferred to Chittagong, he also shifted to Chittagong and got admitted into the higher secondary class in the Chittagong College. He passed HSC in 1974 from this college. Although he wanted to study English for Honours, he yielded to the desire of his family and got admitted into the Zoology Department of the Chittagong University in 1974. After completing his BSc (Honours) in 1978, he continued in the same department in the Thesis Group for Masters. The topic of his thesis was Rice Field Spiders in Chittagong. He was the only entomologist who worked on spiders for the first time in Bangladesh (1978–80). He finished his academic education in 1980. For some time he worked as a Research Fellow of the University Grants Commission under the supervision of Professor (Dr.) Shafique Haider Chowdhury. Again his focus of research was spiders.","slug":"shahabuddin-nagari","DOB":"1955-10-06","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/shahabuddin-nagari","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.379880","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16646,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Abdul Quadir","bio":"Abdul Quadir (1 June 1906 – 19 December 1984) was a Bangladeshi poet, essayist, and journalist. He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1963 and Ekushey Padak in 1976.\nQuadir was born in the village of Araisidha in Comilla District to Afsaruddin (d. 1973), a jute businessman. Quadir's mother died of cholera when he was 2 years old. He first studied at Bazar Chartola Madrasa, which was moved to Araisidha in 1932 and later named as Araisidha Kamil Madrasa. He passed the matriculation from Annada Model High School in Brahmanbaria in 1923. In 1925, he passed the ISc from Dhaka Intermediate College. He then enrolled at the University of Dhaka.\nQuadir published and edited the monthly Jayati during 1930–1933. He served in various posts at the Saptahik Nabashakti (1934), Jugantar (1938), Dainik Nabajug (1941), Banglar Katha, weekly Mohammadi (1946) and weekly Paigam (1947-52). He returned to Dhaka in 1952. From 1964 to 1970, he was publication officer of the Central Bengali Development Board.\nQuadir first married Dilruba Begum of Majhipara in Nabinagar Upazila. 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He served in various posts at the Saptahik Nabashakti (1934), Jugantar (1938), Dainik Nabajug (1941), Banglar Katha, weekly Mohammadi (1946) and weekly Paigam (1947-52). He returned to Dhaka in 1952. From 1964 to 1970, he was publication officer of the Central Bengali Development Board. Quadir first married Dilruba Begum of Majhipara in Nabinagar Upazila. She died 3 months later in a palki accident. 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Bhalobasar Kabita (1983), Je Jiban Fariger (1991), Kanpete Achi and Moumachi (2006) are her notable books of poetry.  This article about a Bangladeshi poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"rubi-rahman","DOB":"1946-12-03","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/rubi-rahman","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:23.406840","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}