Sun News Desk : Ekushey Padak-winning poet Asad Chowdhury passed away at a hospital in Canada on Thursday. He was about 80.

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His son-in-law Nadim Iqbal said that Asad Chowdhury had been suffering from old age complications, including blood cancer.

Asad was born at Ulania in Mehendiganj Upazila of Barishal on February 11, 1943.

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He completed his master’s degree in Bengali in 1964 from the University of Dhaka. He started his profession as a lecturer in Bengali language and literature at Brahmanbaria College in 1973.

During the liberation war of Bangladesh, he was a contributor and broadcaster of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in Kolkata. He was a correspondent for The Daily Purbodesh from 1968 to 1971.

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He served as the director at the Bangla Academy, Dhaka and worked as an editor at the Bengali service of Deutsche Welle after his retirement.

His notable collections of poems include Tabak Deya Pan, Bitto Nai Besat Nai, Ekka Dokka, Joler Madhye Lekhajokha, Je Pare Paruk, Modhya Math Theke, Megher Julum Pakhir Julum, Nadio Bibastro Hoy, Premer Kabita, Batash Jemon Parichito, Brishtir Sansare Ami Keo Noi and others.

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Ekushey Padak poet Asad Chowdhury passed away hospital Canada

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