Khaleda Adib Chowdhury
Khaleda Adib Chowdhury (c. 1937 – 28 May 2008) was a Bangladeshi writer. She was the recipient of 1993 Bangla Academy Literary Award.
Also recorded as Khaleda Edib Chowdhury
Khaleda Adib Chowdhury
- Name
- Khaleda Adib Chowdhury
- Born
- c. 1937
- Birthplace
- Comilla, Bengal Province, British India
- Occupation
- Writer, editor
- Died
- 28 May 2008
- Place of death
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Awards
- Full list
- Nationality
- Bangladesh
- Honours
- Bangla Academy Literary Award
- Languages
- Bangla
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Khaleda Adib Chowdhury (c. 1937 – 28 May 2008) was a Bangladeshi writer. She was the recipient of 1993 Bangla Academy Literary Award.
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Khaleda Adib Chowdhury (1937–2008) was a poet and writer and a national of Bangladesh.
Languages used include Bangla. The poet received Bangla Academy Literary Award.
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Key facts
• Name — Khaleda Adib Chowdhury • Native Name — খালেদা আদিব চৌধুরী • Born — c. 1937 • Birthplace — Comilla, Bengal Province, British India • Occupation — Writer, editor • Died — 28 May 2008 • Place of death — Dhaka, Bangladesh • Children — Sumona Haque • Awards — Full list
Background and career
Background and career
Chowdhury was born in 1937 in Comilla in the then British India. She served as a government officer, teacher, journalist and later, a writer. She published over 42 books. She was the editor of juvenile magazine Nabarun and Sachitra Bangladesh.
Personal life
Personal life
Chowdhury was married to Anwarul Haque, a semi-governmental service holder. Together they had one son, Tanveerul Haque Probal, and two daughters, Sangeeta Khan and Sumona Haque. Tanveerul, a civil engineer, was the president of REHAB. Sangeeta (d. 2023) was an entrepreneur and women's rights activist. She was married to Faizur Rahman Khan, a former managing director of Building Technology & Ideas Limited (bti). Sumona is a singer and painter, known for voicing television advertisement jingles. Chowdhury died on 28 May 2008 in Uttara neighborhood, Dhaka.
Works
Works
• Amar Deho Amar Haat (1978) • Pantho Tomar Bhalobasha (1983) • Tomar Onongo (1986) • Duhaate Andhar Kete (1993) • Hae Badhon Lotar Kadon (1995) • Premer Kobita (1998) • Nirob Narsisus Obhimaan Aache Bedonae, Poems (2001)
Awards
• Bangla Academy Literary Award (1993) • Alaol Literature Award • Poet Jashim Uddin Parsiahd Literature Award • Bangladesh Lekhika Shongho Award • Agrani Bank Shishu Shahitto Award • M Nurul Kader Foundation Shahitto Award • Dhaka Mahila Club Podok • Ushi Shahitto Award (Comilla)
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- 1.Poet Khaleda Edib Chowdhury passes away. The Daily Star. 2008-05-29.
- 2.Mohsena Reza Shopna. Remembering a litterateur. The Daily Star. 2009-05-30.
- 3.Bangla Academy.
- 4.A colloquy with Sangeeta Khan. observerbd.com. 26 November 2016.
- 5.Tanveer, Jewel elected Rehab president, secretary. The Daily Star. 4 April 2008.
- 6.Sangeeta Khan passes away. The Daily Star.
- 7.FR Khan steps down as bti MD. The Daily Star. 3 May 2026.
- 8.Sumona Haque’s solo exhibition this year end. The New Nation.
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