Fazal Shahabuddin
{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet and journalist (1936 – 2014)}}
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|birth_place=Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Fazal Shahabuddin (4 February 1936 – 9 February 2014) was a Bangladeshi poet and journalist.{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/02/09/fazal-shahabuddin-passes-away|title=Fazal Shahabuddin passes away|work=bdnews24.com|date=2014-02-09|access-date=2018-01-17}} He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973 and Ekushey Padak in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}
Early life and career
Shahabuddin was born in Dhaka in 1936. His family hailed from the village of Shahpur in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria District.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/journalist-fazal-shahabuddin-passes-away-10603|title=Journalist Fazal Shahabuddin passes away|date=9 February 2014|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-17}} His poetry spanned four decades from the mid-60s until his death. He was the founding editor of Bichitra, a weekly magazine, and he also worked at Shachitra Shandhani and Dainik Bangla.
Shahabuddin died in February 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/feb/09/journalist-fazal-shahabuddin-dies|title=Journalist Fazal Shahabuddin dies|work=Dhaka Tribune|date=2014-02-19|access-date=2018-01-17}}
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Category:People from Nabinagar Upazila
Category:Bangladeshi male poets
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi poets
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male writers
Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award