Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974) was a poet and writer of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. He was born in the village of Sreepur Upazilla of Magura District.He was the second son of Syed Hatem Ali and Begum Rawshan. He graduated from Khulna Zila School in 1937 and did his IA from Ripon College

Surendranath College

Surendranath College is an undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1884 by the nationalist leader Surendranath Banerjea....

, Kolkata in 1939. Then enrolled at the prestigious Scottish Church College to study BA (Hons) in Philosophy and English Literature, but was unable to his complete studies.

As a student, Farrukh Ahmed had been attracted to the radical humanism

Humanism

Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....

 of Manabendra Nath Roy

Manabendra Nath Roy

Manabendra Nath Roy , born Narendra Nath Bhattacharya and popularly known as M. N. Roy, was an Indian nationalist revolutionary and an internationally known radical activist and political theorist. Roy was a founder of the Communist Parties in both Mexico and India and was a delegate to...

 and had participated in leftist politics. From the forties, however, he supported the Pakistan movement

Pakistan Movement

The Pakistan Movement or Tehrik-e-Pakistan refers to the historical movement to have an independent Muslim state named Pakistan created from the separation of the north-western region of the Indian subcontinent, partitioned within or outside the British Indian Empire. It had its origins in the...

. Despite his Pakistani and Islamic ideals, he supported the Language Movement

Language Movement

The Bengali Language Movement, also known as the Language Movement , was a political effort in Bangladesh , advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan...

 in 1952 and, later, the liberation war of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

.

Literary works

His poems reflect the [Arabic] and [Persian language|Persian] legacy in Bengal and are replete with Arabic and Persian words. He also wrote satirical poems and sonnets.

Books

• Majhi (1944)
• Sirazam Munira (1952)
• Naufel O Hatem (1961)
• Muhurter Kavita (1963)
• Hatemtayi (1966)
• Habida Marur Kahini (1981)

Awards

• Bangla Academy Award
  Bangla Academy Award
  Bangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bangla language and literature....
  
   (1960)
• President's Award for Pride of Performance
  Pride of Performance
  Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...
  
   (1961)
• Adamjee Prize (1966)
• UNESCO Prize (1966)
• Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...
  
  (posthumously, 1977)
• Swadhinata Puraskar (posthumously, 1980)