About Meherun Nesa
Lived 1942 – 1971 (aged 28). Meherun Nesa was a Bangladeshi poet.
Meherun Nesa (20 August 1942 – 27 March 1971) was a poet and martyred Bengali intellectual of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Early life Nesa was born on 20 August 1942 in Khidirpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, British Raj. She did not attend school but was self-taught. She moved with her family to East Bengal, Pakistan in 1950 after the partition of India.
Career Nesa worked as a copywriter in Bangla Academy, after which she worked at the Philips Radio Company starting in 1961. She worked as a copywriter in the USIS Library Dhaka operated by United States Information Agency. Mollah was hanged on 12 December 2013.
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Who was Meherun Nesa?
Bengali poet and martyred Bengali intellectual
When was Meherun Nesa born?
Meherun Nesa was born on 20 August 1942.
When did Meherun Nesa die?
Meherun Nesa died on 27 March 1971.
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Meherun Nesa was a poet.
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Meherun Nesa was Bangladeshi.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Meherun Nesa. https://biography.guide/meherun-nesa/
MLA: "Meherun Nesa." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/meherun-nesa/.
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