Mohammad Rafiq (poet)

{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet (1943–2023)}}

{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet (1943–2023)}}

{{Other people||Mohammad Rafiq (disambiguation)}}

{{Other people||Mohammad Rafiq (disambiguation)}}

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| caption = Rafiq in 2009

| caption = Rafiq in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|10|23|df=y}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|10|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baitpur, [[Bagerhat]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]

| birth_place = Baitpur, [[Bagerhat]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|08|06|1943|10|23|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|08|06|1943|10|23|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Barisal District]], Bangladesh

| death_place = [[Barisal District]], Bangladesh

| occupation = Poet, academic

| occupation = Poet, academic

| alma_mater =[[Dhaka College ]] <br/>

| alma_mater =[[Dhaka College]] <br />

[[University of Dhaka]]

[[University of Dhaka]]

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| nationality = Bangladeshi

}}

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'''Mohammad Rafiq''' (23 October 1943 – 6 August 2023) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1987 and the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>

'''Mohammad Rafiq''' (23 October 1943 – 6 August 2023) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1987 and the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315 |script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা |language=bn |trans-title=Winners list |accessdate=23 August 2017 |publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite news |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |accessdate=23 August 2017 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>

== Early life ==

== Early life ==

== Bangladesh and autocratic regime ==

== Bangladesh and autocratic regime ==

"Through Mohammad Rafiq's dozen volumes of poetry, Bengali readers have witnessed not only the evolution of a distinctive personal vision and style but also a reflection of the changing fortunes of a homeland—all against a backdrop of a folk tradition (a typically Bengali mix of Hindu and Muslim lore) and timeless images of water and sky, sun and rain, clouds and dust. This is not to say that Rafiq's poems tend to be predominantly "political" (other poets of Bangladesh more regularly respond to specific events and issues). Rather, an awareness of Bangladesh's freedom struggle, the time of idealism and hope after independence, and the long dark period of military rule after the assassination of the new nation's first democratically elected leader, Sheikh Mujib Rahman, should help readers from less turbulent parts of the world understand the potentially explosive impact of a particular literary work and the extraordinary risks that a writer may take in writing and publishing it. When Hossain Muhammad Ershad—a dictator who fancied himself a poet—seized power in 1982, the people of Bangladesh had to endure crushing repression from his regime and the growing forces of communalism."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/91st/vol4-num1/open-poem|title=Open Poem|publisher=The International Writing Program|website=iwp.uiowa.edu|language=en|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

"Through Mohammad Rafiq's dozen volumes of poetry, Bengali readers have witnessed not only the evolution of a distinctive personal vision and style but also a reflection of the changing fortunes of a homeland—all against a backdrop of a folk tradition (a typically Bengali mix of Hindu and Muslim lore) and timeless images of water and sky, sun and rain, clouds and dust. This is not to say that Rafiq's poems tend to be predominantly "political" (other poets of Bangladesh more regularly respond to specific events and issues). Rather, an awareness of Bangladesh's freedom struggle, the time of idealism and hope after independence, and the long dark period of military rule after the assassination of the new nation's first democratically elected leader, Sheikh Mujib Rahman, should help readers from less turbulent parts of the world understand the potentially explosive impact of a particular literary work and the extraordinary risks that a writer may take in writing and publishing it. When Hossain Muhammad Ershad—a dictator who fancied himself a poet—seized power in 1982, the people of Bangladesh had to endure crushing repression from his regime and the growing forces of communalism."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iwp.uiowa.edu/91st/vol4-num1/open-poem |title=Open Poem |publisher=The International Writing Program |website=iwp.uiowa.edu |language=en |access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

During the dictatorship of [[Hossain Muhammad Ershad]], Rafiq wrote Khola Kabita (Open Poem), which was published as a leaflet and circulated throughout the country. It was the first voice raised against the unlawful military autocracy. It became very popular among the student activists, who performed the poem as drama and song. Later, he was summoned and interrogated before a military board of inquiry. A warrant for his arrest was also issued. By this time, Mohammad Rafiq had escaped and begun to live in hiding.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023|reason=unsourced materials}}

During the dictatorship of [[Hossain Muhammad Ershad]], Rafiq wrote Khola Kabita (Open Poem), which was published as a leaflet and circulated throughout the country. It was the first voice raised against the unlawful military autocracy. It became very popular among the student activists, who performed the poem as drama and song. Later, he was summoned and interrogated before a military board of inquiry. A warrant for his arrest was also issued. By this time, Mohammad Rafiq had escaped and begun to live in hiding.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023|reason=unsourced materials}}

== Death ==

== Death ==

Rafiq died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite news |title=কবি মোহাম্মদ রফিক মারা গেছেন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/sl4gkuwnlr |access-date=6 August 2023 |publisher=Prothomalo |date=6 August 2023}}</ref>

Rafiq died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:কবি মোহাম্মদ রফিক মারা গেছেন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/sl4gkuwnlr |access-date=6 August 2023 |publisher=Prothomalo |date=6 August 2023}}</ref>

== Awards ==

== Awards ==

== Works ==

== Works ==

*1970: Boishakhi Purnima

*1970: Boishakhi Purnima

*1976: Dhulor Shonshare Ei Mati

*1976: Dhulor Shonshare Ei Mati

*1979: Kirtinasha

*1979: Kirtinasha

*1983: Khola Kobita

*1983: Khola Kobita

*1983: Kapila

*1983: Kapila

*1986: Gaodiya

*1986: Gaodiya

*1991: Meghay Ebong Kadai

*1991: Meghay Ebong Kadai

== References==

==References==

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