Begum Sufia Kamal - Paragraph

Begum Sufia Kamal - Paragraph

Begum Sufia Kamal poet, literature, social activist, feminist, was born on 20 June 1911 in a landowning family of Shayestabad in Barisal. She was the daughter of Abdul Bari, a lawyer, and Sabera Banu. In accordance with aristocratic social practice of the time, Begum Sufia Kamal was given education at home. She learnt Urdu, Arabic and Persian from family tutors. She got lessons in Bangla from her mother and maternal uncle, Syed Mohammad Hossain. In 1918, Sufia went to Kolkata accompanied by his mother. Here the Young Sufia met Begum Rokeya Sakawat Hossain. In 1923, she wrote her first story 'Sainik Bahadur' which was published in the Tarun. Her first book of poems "Sanjher Maya" was published from Kolkata in 1938, Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote the Forward. Rabindranath Tagore also read the book and praised her highly. Author of more than a dozen volume of poetry, Sufia Kamal also wrote several volumes of short stories and an autobirgraphy named "Ekale Amader Kai." Sufia Kamal received nearly fifty major awards including Bangla Academy Award (1962) the Ekushey Padak (1976), the Independence Award (1997). She died in Dhaka on 2010 November 1999.