Bimal Guha

Bimal Guha (born 27 October 1952) is a Bangladeshi poet. He appeared on the Bangladesh literary scene in the 1970s. His themes revolve around the war of liberation and the eternal subjects of love, nature, motherland, mother-tongue, tradition, and modernity. Guha was born to Prasanna Kumar Guha and Manadabala Guha in Bajalia Union under Satkania Upazila of Chittagong District. He was the eldest among his siblings – Nirmal, Niyati and Amal. Bimal had his early education at local Bajalia High School and passed SSC in 1968. He had his Higher Secondary Education at Satkania College and passed HSC in 1970. Late he received his MA in Bengali literature from the University of Chittagong in 1975. He had his higher education in publishing at Napier University. He received training in editing and publication from Philippines and Thailand. He earned his PhD in modern Bengali poetry from the University of Dhaka in 1997. Guha entered the literary arena in 1968 while he was in school. He read the Sanchaita (collected poems) by Rabindranath Tagore during his leisure time after his secondary examination. He was inspired and began writing. His first poem, Akash (The Sky) was published in Rashmi, the Satkania college magazine, in 1969. Shortly after, his poems began to appear in different literary periodicals and literary sections of the daily newspapers.