Ahsan Habib (poet)

Ahsan Habib
Born(1917-02-02)2 February 1917
Died10 July 1985(1985-07-10) (aged 68)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Writer, poet
Years active1934–1985
Known forAshay Basati, Megh Bale Chaitre Jabo, Aranya Nilima, Ranikhaler Sanko
Awards

Ahsan Habib (2 February 1917 – 10 July 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture. He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur. Before the India-Pakistan partition, he worked on several literary magazines: Takbir, Bulbul (1937–38) and The Saogat (1939-43) and he was a staff artiste at the Kolkata Centre of All India Radio. After partition he came to Dhaka and worked on Daily Azad, Monthly Mohammadi, Daily Krishak, Daily Ittehad, Weekly Prabaha, etc.