{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet, essayist, and journalist}} {{other people||Abdul Qadir}} {{infobox person | name = Abdul Quadir | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|6|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Araisidha, Brahmanbaria, Tipperah district, Eastern Bengal and Assam | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|12|19|1906|6|1|df=y}} | death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | awards = Full list | alma_mater = University of Dhaka | occupation = Poet, journalist }}
'''Abdul Quadir''' (1 June 1906 – 19 December 1984) was a Bangladeshi poet, essayist, and journalist.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Sirajul Islam |year=2012 |editor1-last=Sirajul Islam |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|chapter=Quadir, Abdul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Quadir,_Abdul|editor2-first=Mahbubul|editor2-last=Haq}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/book-reviews/kom-chena-boro-manush-abdul-quadir-1627435|title=Kom Chena Boro Manush: Abdul Quadir|date=2018-09-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-09-06|language=en}}</ref> He was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1963 and Ekushey Padak in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Abdul Quadir was born in the village of Araisidha in Comilla District to Afsaruddin (d. 1973), a jute businessman.<ref name=anecdotes/> Abdul Quadir's mother died of cholera when he was 2 years old.<ref name=anecdotes>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/literature/news/remembering-abdul-quadir-life-and-anecdotes-1751710|title=Remembering Abdul Quadir: Life and Anecdotes|date=2019-06-01|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> He first studied at Bazar Chartola Madrasa, which was moved to Araisidha in 1932 and later named as Araisidha Kamil Madrasa.<ref name=anecdotes/> He passed the matriculation from Annada Model High School in Brahmanbaria in 1923. In 1925, he passed the ISc from Dhaka Intermediate College. He then enrolled at the University of Dhaka.<ref name=bpedia/>
==Career== Abdul Quadir published and edited the monthly ''Jayati'' during 1930–1933.<ref name=bpedia/> He served in various posts at the Saptahik Nabashakti (1934), Jugantar (1938), Dainik Nabajug (1941), Banglar Katha, weekly Mohammadi (1946) and weekly Paigam (1947-52).<ref name=bpedia/> He returned to Dhaka in 1952. From 1964 to 1970, he was publication officer of the Central Bengali Development Board.<ref name=bpedia/>
==Personal life== Abdul Quadir first married Dilruba Begum of Majhipara in Nabinagar Upazila.<ref name=anecdotes/> She died 3 months later in a palki accident.<ref name=anecdotes/> Later he married Nargis, a daughter of the communist activist Muzaffar Ahmed.<ref name=anecdotes/>
==Works== * Dilruba (1933) * Uttar Basanta (1967) * Kavi Nazrul (1970) * Kazi Abdul Wadud (1976) * Yugakavi Nazrul (1986) * Chhanda Samiksan (1979) * Bangla Chhander Itibrtta (1985)<ref name=bpedia/>
==Awards== * Bangla Academy Literary Award (1963) * Adamjee Literary Award (1967) * Ekushey Padak (1976) * Nazrul Academy Gold Medal (1977) * Comilla Foundation Medal (1977) * Mohammad Nasiruddin Gold Medal (1977) * Muktadhara Prize
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quadir, Abdul}} Category:1906 births Category:1984 deaths Category:Bangladeshi Muslims Category:20th-century Bengali poets Category:Bengali-language poets Category:Bengali male poets Category:20th-century Bangladeshi essayists Category:Bangladeshi male poets Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male writers Category:20th-century Bangladeshi poets Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Category:Recipients of the Bangla Academy Award Category:Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award Category:20th-century Bangladeshi journalists Category:People from Ashuganj Upazila