Renowned Bangladeshi poet Helal Hafiz handed away on Friday,13 December. He was once taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Clinical College (BSMMU) in the afternoon, where attending doctors pronounced him stupid.
Sooner than this, the poet was once came at some stage in unconscious at a residential hostel in Shahbagh and rushed to BSMMU. Brigadier Overall Md Nazrul Islam Khan, Director of BSMMU, told The Industry Same outdated (TBS), “Helal Hafiz was once dropped at the health heart already deceased. His body is currently at BSMMU. Since no relatives accompanied him, I be pleased knowledgeable Shahbagh Police House to toddle in quest of into any appropriate matters.”
Helal Hafiz had been littered with loads of successfully being points, along side glaucoma, kidney complications, diabetes, and neurological complications, for an extended duration.
Born on 7 October, 1948, in Netrokona, Helal Hafiz rose to prominence with the e-newsletter of his first poetry sequence ‘Je Jale Agun Jwale’ in 1986. The e book became a phenomenon, reprinted over 33 occasions up to now. Alongside his literary occupation, Helal Hafiz moreover labored as a journalist for decades, along side at Dainik Jugantor and other publications.
The poet acquired frequent recognition all the scheme by Bangladesh’s anti-autocracy circulate with his iconic poem ‘Nishiddho Sampadokiyo’ (Prohibited Editorial). Its renowned line, “Ekhon Joubon Jar, Michile Jabar Tar Shrestho Shomoy” (“Now would possibly well be the highest time for the younger to affix the march”), echoed in countless rallies and slogans all the scheme by the circulate.
Helal Hafiz was once honoured with the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2013, among other accolades, along side the Khaleqdad Chowdhury Award.
His contribution to Bangladeshi poetry remains unparalleled, and his passing marks the tip of an era in as much as the moment literature.
