{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet}} {{infobox person |name=Dilwar Khan |native_name=দিলওয়ার |native_name_lang=bn |image=Kabi Dilwar And wife.jpg |caption=Dilwar with first wife Anisa Khatun |birth_date={{birth date|1937|1|1|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|2013|10|10|1937|1|1|df=y}} |birth_place=Bharthokhola, South Surma, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh) |death_place =Bharthokhola, South Surma, Sylhet District, Bangladesh |awards={{unbulleted list|Bangla Academy Literary Award (1980)|Ekushey Padak (2008)}} }}

'''Dilwar Khan''' (1 January 1937 – 10 October 2013) was a Bangladeshi poet. Known as ''Gono Manusher Kobi'' (poet of the mass people),<ref name="DailySun">{{cite web|author=Hafez Ahmed |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_11-10-2013_Poet-Dilwar-Khan_642_1_10_1_22.html |title=Poet Dilwar Khan |publisher=Daily Sun |date=11 October 2013 |accessdate=8 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408230519/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_11-10-2013_Poet-Dilwar-Khan_642_1_10_1_22.html |archivedate=8 April 2014 }}</ref> he was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980 and Ekushey Padak in 2008 by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=24015|title=9 get Ekushey Padak 2008|date=19 February 2008|publisher=The Daily Star: Internet Edition|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==

Khan was born in Bharthokhola, South Surma, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency. He received a Bangla Academy Fellowship in 1981. Khan died on 10 October 2013.<ref name="DailySun" />

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