Al Mujahidi
{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet}}
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Al Mujahidi (born 1 January 1943){{Cite web |title=কবি আল মুজাহিদীর ৭০তম জন্মবার্ষিকী বুধবার |url=https://old.dhakatimes24.com/2013/12/31/10280 |access-date=2023-09-04 |date=2013-12-31|publisher=Dhaka Times}} is a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2003 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to literature.{{cite news|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/01/01/d40101140299.htm|title=Poet Al Mujaheedy turns sixty-two|date=2004-01-01|accessdate=March 5, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Sultana Rahman}}
Career
Mujahidi started publishing poems in 1952 and as of 2004 has published 52 books of poems. He has been the literary editor of The Daily Ittefaq.
In July 2014, Mujahidi was hospitalized due to diabetes and high blood pressure.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-19 |title=Poet Al Mujahidi seriously ill |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/national/news/bd/24866.details |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}
In March 2019, Mujahidi attended a memorial meeting in Dhaka recalling the life and works of the poet Al Mahmud.{{Cite web|title=Poet Al Mahmud remembered|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/375590/Poet-Al-Mahmud-remembered |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Daily Sun|date=March 2019 |language=en}}
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Category:20th-century Bangladeshi poets
Category:Bangladeshi male poets
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male writers
Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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