BSS, Dhaka :The ninth death anniversary of one of the major poets of modern Bengali poetry Shamsur Rahman will be observed here today.Different socio-cultural organisations have drawn up elaborate programmes to eulogise the poet’s immense contribution to Bangla literature.Kabi Shamsur Rahman Smriti Parishad will place wreaths at the grave of the poet at Banani at 11am. Jatiya Kabita Parishad, Sammilita Sangskritik Jote and other cultural and social organisations will place wreaths there.Tin-Bangla Lekhak Foundation will hold exhibition, workshop, memorial meeting and cultural function marking the day at the Kabi Sufia Kamal auditorium of the National Museum. Poet Asad Chowdhury will inaugurate the programmes at 2.30 pm.As part of the programmes, four poets will conduct a workshop styled ‘Kabita Tomake Likhi’. A programme to remember Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Poet Shamsur Rahman will be held at 6pm. Born on October 23 in 1929 at Mahuttuli in the capital, Shamsur Rahman, made his marks as a poet and a journalist. He authored more than sixty books on poetry and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature.
