Bangladeshi Poet Mohammad Kafi Sheikh has been selected for ‘Chokh Sahitya’ Award-2014 of Kolkata for his contributions in Bengali poems . This award will be given to him on December 16 next from Bangla Academy Sabhaghar in West Bengal, India.
He obtained many awards including Sher-e-Bangla Gold Medal, Manna Dey Memorial Medal, Gandhiji Award and Atish Dipankar Medal.
It may be mentioned that Kafi has been selected for his romantic book titled ‘O Madhobi Lata Go’ published on February 21 last.
Poet Kafi Sheikh was born at Bibandi village in Munshiganj on May 27, 1966.
