Abdur Rashid Khan

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 and education Khan was born on 1 January 1924 in West Zafarabad, Chandpur. His father's name is Waizuddin 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. Later he passed high school matriculation from Jamurki Nawab Sir Abdul Gani of Tangail district. 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.

Career He 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 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 He has published 60 books of poetry and eight unpublished books of poetry.