Author: Sikandar Abu Zafar

Sikandar Abu Zafar was born on 19 March 1919, in Satkhira District, Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh). He was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.He passed the entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta (later renamed Surendranath College).He moved to Dhaka from Calcutta in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies Nabajug, Ittefaq, Sangbad, and Millat. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called Samakal during 1959–1970.He had been awarded with Bangla Academy Literary Award, Ekushey Padak, and Independence Day Award.