Belal Chowdhury (12 November 1938 – 24 April 2018) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded the

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

in 1984, the Mazharul Islam Poetry Award in 2013 and Ekushey Padak in 2014.

Career

Chowdhury served ''Bharat Bichitra'' as its editor published from Indian embassy in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

. He was also an editor of the ''Shaptahik Sandwip'' published by Rupali Group and ''Krittibas'', a Bengali poetry magazine, edited by

Sunil Gangopadhyay Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian poet, historian and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata. He is a former Sheriff of Calcutta. Gangopadhyay obtained his ma ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Belal 1938 births 2018 deaths People from Feni District Bangladeshi male poets Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Recipients of the Ekushey Padak People from Noakhali District Recipients of Mazharul Islam Poetry Award