Today is the 8th death anniversary of poet Abul Hussain, known as first modern Bengali poet of Bangladesh.
Abul Hussain, who won the Ekushey Padak in 1980 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1963, authored 25 books.
Naba Basanta was his first book of poetry. Birash Sanglap (1969), Duswapna Te Duswapne (85), Haoa Tomoy Ache (1982), Ekhono Shomoy Achhey (1997), Aar Kirsher Opekkha 2000, Kaler Khatae (2008), and Selected Poems by Abul Hussain (1986) are some of his other notable works.
Born in Khulna in 1922, he was educated at Kolkata Presidency College and Kolkata University in Economics. For more than 30 years, he was a civil servant in national and international organizations, at home and abroad.
He represented the country at literary festivals and conferences in India, Belgium, former Yugoslavia and the former USSR.
His works reflect his lifelong search to find a philosophical and religious position that allows him to analyze and try to understand individual lives in relation to society.
