Today is the ninth anniversary of the death of poet Shahid Qadri.
Born in Kolkata in British India on August 14, 1942, Shahid Qadri brought a new dimension to Bangla poems by introducing urbanism and a sense of modernity.
Qadri鈥檚 debut collection of poems 鈥楿ttaradhikar鈥� was published in 1967. His two collections of poems, 鈥楾omake Abhibadan Priyatama鈥� and 鈥楰othao Kono Krandan Nei鈥� 鈥� published in the 鈥�70s 鈥� earned him wide acclaim.
After 鈥楰othao Kono Krondon Nei鈥�, Qadri stopped writing and moved first to London and then to Germany. Later, he moved to Boston in the United States in the mid-80s.
Although he wrote only four collections of poems, few poets can be said to have concomitantly maintained the excellence of linguistic and poetical aesthetics like Qadri. His poems appeal to people from all walks of life for their distinctive tone, use of alliteration, diverse images and brilliant use of similes.
He resumed writing poems after the death of his second wife, Dana Qadri, in 鈥�90s and published his fourth collection of poems, 鈥楢mar Chumbangulo Pouchhe Dao鈥� in 2009.
Shahid Qadri received the Bangla Academy Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 2011.
The poet passed away at a New York hospital in the United States in 2016.
