Shamsur Rahman
Shamsur Rahman was born in Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh on October 23rd, 1929 and is the Poet. At the age of 76, Shamsur Rahman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Shamsur Rahman started his professional career as a co-editor in the English daily Morning News in 1957. Later he left this job and went to the Dhaka center of the then Radio Pakistan. But he returned to his own rank at Morning News in 1960 and was there till 1964. After the liberation of Bangladesh he wrote columns in the daily Dainik Bangla. In 1977 he became the editor of this daily. He also jointly worked as the editor of Bichitra, a weekly published since 1973. During the period of President Ershad he got involved with internal turbulence in the Dainik Bangla. A rank 'Chief Editor' was created to take away his position as the top executive and rip him off all executive powers. In 1987 he left the daily as a protest against this injustice. He also worked as the editor of monthly literary magazine Adhuna for two years since 1986. and as the main editor of the weekly Muldhara in 1989. He worked as one of the editors of Kobikantha, an irregular poetry magazine, in 1956.
- Adamjee Award (1962)
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1969)
- Ekushey Padak (1977)
- Swadhinata Dibosh Award (1991)
- Mitshubishi Award of Japan (1992)
- Ananda Puroshker from India (1994).
- TLM South Asian Literature Award for the Masters, 2006.