Ahmad Rafique, noted poet, essayist, Rabindra researcher, and veteran of Bangladesh’s Language Movement, passed away at 96 in Dhaka’s BIRDEM Hospital on Thursday night. He had been suffering from kidney complications and several mild strokes in recent weeks, eventually placed on life support before his death. Born in Brahmanbaria in 1929, Rafique lived alone in Dhaka after losing his wife in 2006. Childless, he leaves behind a vast personal collection of books as his lasting legacy.
Language movement veteran, poet, essayist, and Rabindra researcher Ahmad Rafique has passed away (Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’un). He breathed his last at 10:15 pm on Thursday (October 2) at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka. He was 96 years old.
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