Krishna Dhar
Krishna Dhar, born 1 February, 1928 is an Indian poet, playwright, writer, journalist, columnist and teacher. He has been writing poetry alongside verse drama, nonfictional prose of varied nature and journalistic columns since the mid 1940s. Early life and education. The Dhar family originated in Kamalpur village of Kishorganj, now in the Dhaka Division, earlier Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh District, in Bangladesh. Krishna Dhar is the second of the seven children born to the late Chinmoyee Dhar and the late Upendra Chandra Dhar. His father was a legal practitioner in the court at Bajitpur, a nearby town . His forefathers adopted and developed a reasonably uninhibited, unorthodox lifestyle of nineteenth century Bengal which, in turn, formed the basis of their family tradition. Krishna Dhar spent his formative years as a child at Kamalpur where he took his primary education at a village school or pathsala. For his high school education, he shifted to his father's work place at Bajitpur. After his matriculation in 1943 from Bajitpur H. E. School, Kishorganj and Intermediate at Feni College, Brahmanbaria (1943-1945), Dhar went on to study at Scottish Church College, Kolkata(1945-1947) and subsequently got his master's degree in  Bengali literature from Calcutta University in 1949. Career. He started his professional career by teaching undergraduate students at Deshbandhu Girls' College, Kolkata while simultaneously writing features for Bengali newspapers. In 1950-51 he quit his teaching position to join "Jugantar", a Bengali daily in 1952 as sub editor, and subsequently became the assistant editor of the daily. He continued in "Jugantar" for the next 35 years and retired from the daily as editor. In 1990, he joined "Dainik Basumati", another Bengali daily, as editor until his retirement in 1992. In this period Dhar also had numerous teaching assignments, focusing primarily  on journalism, at Surendranath College, Burdwan University, and Calcultta University. Literary career. Dhar published his first book of poem, "Angikar", in 1948. Spanning over a period of seventy five years, his socially sensitive, humanist and aesthetic poems, verse dramas, and prolific prose continue to appeal and enthrall his readers. Poetry. Unpublished staged verse drama. "Phoolwali" by Gandharva Natyagoshthee (1968/1969). Personal life. Wife: Late Kalpana Dhar ("nee" Nag) Married: 1950, Died: 2009. Children: Nilanjana Choudhuri (born: 1952), Suranjana Chaudhury (born: 1965). Pen Names. Mallinath, Bidur, Anyadarshi Prizes and felicitations. Sudha Basu Puraskar from Calcutta University, Poetry India Prize, Sisir Kumar Puraskar , Gauri Ghosal Smriti Puraskar, Tribritta Puraskar, Nazrul Puraskar given by Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Sarong Argha Nibedan from Sarong Literary Magazine, Great Bengal Purashkar, Amrita Purashkar, Muzaffar Ahmed Smriti Puraskar.