Poet Shahid Qadri passes away in NY
UNB
Ekushey Padak-winning Bengali poet Shahid Qadri passed away at a US hospital yesterday morning at the age of 74, reports UNB. He breathed his last at North Shore University Hospital in New York around 7 am local time, said his wife Neera Quaderi. The poet was admitted to the hospital a week ago with high blood pressure and fever. Earlier on Wednesday, some expatriate journalists and poets in the US said in their Facebook posts that his condition had improved slightly. Shahid Qadri received prestigious Ekushey Padak in 2011 for his contribution to the Bengali language and literature and he was awarded Bangla Academy Award in 1973 for his poetry. He had published four books of poetry which are Uttaradhikar (Inheritance, 1967), Tumake Abhibadan Priyatama (Salute to You, Dearest; 1974), Prem Biraha Bhalobasar Kabita (Poems of Love and Separation), Kothayo Kono Krondon Nai (Weeping Nowhere) and Amar Chombongullo Pouchhaya Deo (Please, Convey my kisses). He was born on August 14 in 1942.
