Shamsur Rahman

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Shamsur Rahman

Bengali poet, journalist, and human rights advocate

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Bangladesh
Literature
During the Liberation War, Shamsur Rahman (1929–2006), already an established poet, solidified his reputation as a central voice in capturing the memory and ideals of the independence struggle. Amid the generation who came of age during the independence movement, such novelists as Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012) and Selina Hossain (1947–…
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During the Liberation War, Shamsur Rahman (1929–2006), already an established poet, solidified his reputation as a central voice in capturing the memory and ideals of the independence struggle. Amid the generation who came of age during the independence movement, such novelists as Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012) and Selina Hossain (1947–…
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