Amir Hamza (poet)

Amir Hamza
Born(1931-05-03)3 May 1931
Barishaat, Sreepur, Magura, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died23 January 2019(2019-01-23) (aged 87)
OccupationPoet
LanguageBangla
NationalityBritish Indian (1931–1947)
Pakistani (1947–1971)
Bangladeshi (1971–2019)
Notable works
  • Bagher Thaba (2018)
  • Prithibir Manchitre Ekti Mujib Tumi (2021)
Notable awardsIndependence Award (revoked)

Amir Hamza (3 May 1931 – 23 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi poet, freedom fighter, and convicted murderer. In recognition of his contribution to literature, he was posthumously awarded the highest civilian medal of Bangladesh, the Independence Award in 2022, which was later reverted on 18 March 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.