Foyez Ahmad Explained

Faiz Ahmad
Birth Date:	2 May 1928
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Occupation:	journalist, poet
Awards:	Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976) Ekushey Padak (1991)

Faiz Ahmad (2 May 1928 – 20 February 2012) was a Bangladeshi journalist, poet, politician and cultural activist.^[1] He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1976 for his contributions in juvenile literature and Ekushey Padak in Journalism category in 1991.^[2]

Early life

Ahmad was born on 2 May 1928 at Bikrampur in Dhaka District during the time of British Raj to Golam Mustafa Chowdhury and Arjudaya Banu.^{[3] [4]}

Awards

• Bangla Academy Literary Award (1976)
• Ekushey Padak (1991)
• Shishu Academy Literature Award
• Nurul Qader Shishu Literature Award

Notes and References

1. News: bn:ফয়েজ আহমেদ স্মরণে স্মারকগ্রন্থ . http://www.ntvbd.com/arts-and-literature/7955/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5 . NTV . 19 February 2019.
2. News: bn:সাংবাদিক ফয়েজ আহমদ আর নেই . https://www.dw.com/bn/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87/a-15752192 . Deutsche Welle . 20 February 2012 . 19 February 2019 . bn-BD.
3. Web site: :: Welcome to GUNIJAN :: The Eminent :: Largest electronic journal of bangladeshi eminents :. . www.gunijan.org.bd . 19 February 2019.
4. News: Foyez Ahmed dies at 84 . bdnews24.com . 19 February 2019.