Ahsan Habib

Ahsan Habib was born on 2 February 1917 in the village of Shankarpasha in Pirojpur. Father's name is Hamiduddin Hawladar, mother's name is Jamila Khatun. He had five brothers and four sisters He is the first child of financially indigent parents. Family wise, Ahsan Habib grew up in a literary and cultural environment. He has been involved in writing since childhood. At that time he had modern literature books and some books in his house. Such as Anwara, Monowara, Milon Mandir etc. 6 Once you read all this, you feel the urge to write something yourself. He passed the entrance examination in 1935 from Pirojpur Government School with a favorable environment for literature. Then he moved to Barisal Admitted to the famous BM College 6. But due to the economic crisis, he had to keep his college studies unfinished till the end. After studying at BM College for a year and a half, he moved to the then capital Kolkata in the last half of 1936 in search of work. Thus the poet Ahsan Habib entered Calcutta from Barisal.

An article by him was published in a school magazine in 1933 while he was still in school at the age of 12-13. His first poem was published in Kishore Pirojpur Government School Magazine in 1934. Later, as a student, he published in a number of literary journals in Calcutta. While in school, he was rewarded for presenting the content of the essay competition in poetry. By that time, however, several of his writings had been published in popular magazines such as Desh, Monthly Mohammadi, and Weekly Bichitra. Going to Calcutta, Ahsan began his life of struggle.There in 1937 he was appointed as the co-editor of the daily Takbir. Salary is only 17 rupees. He later worked for the Bulbul newspaper in Calcutta from 1936 to 1938 and for the monthly Saugat from 1939 to 1943. He also worked as a staff artist for Akashvani at the Calcutta Center from 1943 to 1948.

Ahsan Habib died on 10 July 1975.