Kabir Chowdhury

Kabir Chowdhury was born on 9 February 1923 and was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker, and civil society activist.

Educated at the universities of Dhaka, Minnesota, and Southern California, Kabir Chowdhury worked for over half a century in the fields of education, peace, and inter-cultural understanding in several national and international organizations like:

Afro-Asian Writers Union, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization, International Theatre Institute, UNESCO National Commission, and Bangladesh Chapter of the World’s Peace Council.