Commemorative programme on Fazal Shahabuddin

Fazal Shahabuddin

A commemorative programme on the recently deceased poet Fazal Shahabuddin, will be held tomorrow at the Chayyanaut auditorium in Dhanmondi. The programme will feature a discussion, poetry recitation and musical soiree. At the event, eminent poet and writer Syed Shamsul Haque; senior journalist Towab Khan; Mahbub Jamil, former adviser to the caretaker government; artist Quayyum Chowdhury; Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor, Bangladesh Bank; architect Shamsul Wares; poets Hayat Saif, Mohammad Nurul Huda, Zahidul Haque, Azmeri Shahabuddin (wife of the poet) will speak at the programme. Elocutionist Hasan Arif will give a recitation at the event, where the book launch of the poet's last book “Ekjon Kobi Ekaki” will also be held.
The poet was born in Dhaka in 1936. He was founder editor of the weekly “Bichitra” and published Binodon magazine in 1964. He worked in the Dainik Pakistan and the Bangladesh Observer and became popular in the 1960s as a poet. His first book was published in 1965. Fazal received Ekushey Padak, Bangla Academy Award and many national and international awards for his outstanding contribution to literature.
Poet Aminur Rahman and Shajal Arefin will arrange the event.