Shamsur Rahman's birthday today

22 October 2011, 18:00 PM

Bss, Dhaka

The 82nd birthday of poet, columnist and journalist late Shamsur Rahman will be observed today. Different socio-cultural organisations chalked out elaborate programmes to observe birthday of the poet who received different prestigious awards, including Bangla Academy Award and Ekushey Padak. Jatiya Kabita Parishad (national poetry council) will hold a discussion in the afternoon on TSC premises of Dhaka University, where poems of the poet and those dedicated to him would be recited. Boi Bondhu Sangstha (book lovers organisation) will organise a day-long commemoration programme at the Central Public Library auditorium. Though born at 46 Mahuttuli in Old Dhaka on October 23, 1929, Shamsur Rahman's ancestral home is at Pahartali village of Raipur upazila in Narsingdi. He played an important role in flourishing Bangla culture and literature and different historic events, including the Language Movement and the War of Liberation thorough his literary works. The poet passed away in Dhaka on August 17, 2006.