Abdur Rashid Khan (poet)

Abdur Rashid Khan (1 January 1924 – 1 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi writer, teacher, essayist and poet. He received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1977 for his Bengali poetry.

Early life
Abdur Rashid Khan was born on 1 January 1924 in West Zafarabad, Chandpur. His father's name is Wise Uddin Khan and mother's name is Kamrun Nesa. He started his education at Raghunathpur Government Primary School and studied at Gridkalindia SE School. After that he passed 7th and 8th class in Dhaka Collegiate School. Jamurki Nawab Sir Abdul Gani of Tangail district passed high school matriculation. He completed his higher secondary from Dhaka College in 1945. He graduated with honors from University of Dhaka in 1949 and MA (postgraduate) degree in 1950. His only son Munim Khan and three daughters. His grandchildren include Zaahin Khan and Mumtaz Khan. He lived in North America from 12 March 2003 until his death.

Career
Abdur Rashid Khan was a professor at Pabna Edward College from 1951 to 1952 and at Dhaka College from 1952 to 1955. He was the Bengali translator and publication registrar of the Government of Bangladesh from 1955 to 1975 and retired as the director and translator of the Bangladesh Publications Registration Directorate from 1975 to 1983.

In school life, his stories and articles were published in school magazines. During his university life, his poems were published in Salimullah Muslim Hall Magazine. He regularly wrote poems and articles in various newspapers and periodicals in Dhaka and Calcutta. His first book of poetry was published in 1952. He has published 60 books of poetry and eight unpublished books of poetry.

Awards and honors

 * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1977)
 * Bangla Sahitya Parishad Award (1991)
 * Kaikobad Sahitya Puraskar (1992)
 * Dewan Abdul Hamid Sahitya Puraskar (1992)
 * Farrukh Research Award

Death
Abdur Rashid Khan died on 2 February 2019 at Manchester Memorial Hospital in Connecticut, United States. He was buried in Enfield Muslim Cemetery in Connecticut.