# Abid Azad

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**Abid Azad** (16 November 1952 – 22 March 2005) was an eminent Bangladeshi poet, critic and literary editor. Azad was the author of 19 books of poetry including *Ghaser Ghatana* (1976), *Amar Mon Kemon Kore* (1980), *Banotaruder Marma* (1982), and *Shiter Rachanabali* (1983).[1]

## Early life

Abid Azad was born as Habibur Rahman, as named by his parents.[2] Nicknamed Renu, he was the second-born of eleven children.[2] He wrote poems with the names Renu and Sumon Al Yousuf.[2] His first book of poems, *Ghaser Ghatana*, was published in 1976.[2] He studied in Azimuddin School, Gurudoyal College and the [University of Dhaka](/source/University_of_Dhaka).[2]

## Personal life

Azad's wife died in 1987.[2] Their first son, Taimur Rashid, was born in 1982.[2]

## References

1. Zaman, Niaz (2003). *Under the krishnachura: fifty years of Bangladeshi writing*. [Dhaka University Press](/source/Dhaka_University_Press). p. 448. ISBN 978-984-05-1663-6.

1. Rashid, Taimur (2024-03-22). ["দাদি বাবাকে পাঠিয়েছিলেন ডাক্তার হতে, কিন্তু তিনি হলেন কবি"](https://www.prothomalo.com/onnoalo/treatise/o9f9kd41ew) [My grandmother sent my father to become a doctor but he became a poet] (in Bengali). *Prothomalo*. Retrieved 2024-03-22.

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