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{{Short description|Bangladeshi poet and writer}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| honorific_prefix = [[Syed]]
| name = Farrukh Ahmad
| native_name = ফররুখ আহমদ
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Farrukh Ahmad.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|06|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Majhail, [[Sreepur Upazila, Magura|Sreepur]], [[Magura District|Magura]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|10|19|1918|06|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| occupation = Poet, editor
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = [[Khulna Zilla School]]<br>[[Surendranath College|Ripon College]]<br>[[Scottish Church College]]<br>[[City College, Kolkata|City College]]
| genre = Poem
| subject = [[Humanism]], [[Islamic Renaissance]]
| movement = [[Romanticism]]
| notableworks = Sat Sagorer Majhi, Naufel O Hatem, Muhurter Kobita
| spouse = Syeda Taieba Khatun
| awards = [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]], [[Ekushey Padak]], [[Independence Day Award]]
}}
'''Syed Farrukh Ahmad''' ({{lang-bn|সৈয়দ ফররুখ আহমদ}}; 10 June 1918 – 19 October 1974), later simply known as '''Farrukh Ahmad''', was a [[Bangladeshi]] poet and author. He is commonly known as the ''poet of the Muslim renaissance'', as many of his poems embody the spirit of resurrection in the hearts of the colonised [[Bengali Muslims|Muslims of Bengal]].<ref name="farrukhahmadhistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.londoni.co/index.php/79-history-of-bangladesh/biography/farrukh-ahmed |title=Farrukh Ahmad |website=Londoni |access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Citation is to a website without the hallmarks of a reliable source, surely a scholarly source must exist.|date=October 2022}} Other than being a distinguished bearer of Islamic thought in modern Bengal, his poetry is also significant for its diction and literary value. The transition from romanticism to modernism is evident in his poetry and he is best known for his [[magnum opus]], ''Sat Sagorer Majhi''.

== Early life ==
Ahmad was born on 10 June 1918, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[Syeds]] in the village of Majhail in [[Sreepur Upazila, Magura|Sreepur]], [[Magura District|Magura]], which was then under the [[Jessore District]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]]. His grandmother gave him the [[daak naam]] of Ramzan, as his birth coincided with the month of [[Ramadan]] in the [[Islamic calendar]].<ref name="farrukhfoundation"/> The family claimed descent from [[Ali]], the fourth [[Caliph]] of [[Islam]]. He was the second son of police inspector [[Khan Sahib]] Syed Hatem Ali and Begum Rawshan Akhtar.<ref name="gunijan.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.gunijan.org/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=96|title=Gunijan.org|date=21 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826054530/http://www.gunijan.org/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=96|archive-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>

==Education and career==
He graduated from [[Khulna Zilla School]] in 1937 and did his IA from [[Surendranath College|Ripon College]], Kolkata in 1939.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} He then enrolled at the prestigious [[Scottish Church College]]<ref>{{cite book |title=175th Year Commemoration Volume |publisher=Scottish Church College |date=April 2008 |page=589 |oclc=243677369 |quote=Faiukh Ahmed (Poet)}}</ref> to pursue a BA (Hons) in philosophy and English literature, but was unable to his complete studies there. Subsequently, he studied at the [[City College, Kolkata|City College]].

He started his professional life in Inspector General (IG) Prison Office in 1943. He worked for Civil Supply for a short time in 1944.<ref name="farrukhfoundation">{{cite web|url=http://farrukhfoundation.org/bio.php|title=Farrukh Foundation|website=farrukhfoundation.org|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230061819/http://farrukhfoundation.org/bio.php|archive-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Political views==
As a student, Farrukh Ahmad had been attracted to the radical [[humanism]] of [[Manabendra Nath Roy]] and had participated in leftist politics. From the forties, however, he supported the [[Pakistan Movement]], which advocated for an independent Muslim state. He was an ardent supporter of the [[Bengali Language Movement]] in 1952 as well as the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Ahmad, Farrukh}}</ref>

==Literary works==
His poems reflect the legacy of [[Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] in Bengal and are replete with Arabic and Persian words. He also wrote satirical poems and sonnets.

===Books===
* Sat Sagorer Majhi (The Sailor of the Seven Seas), December, 1944<ref name="farrukhfoundation-poetry">{{cite web|url=http://farrukhfoundation.org/letarchar.php|title=Leaturature of Farrukh Ahmad|website=farrukhfoundation.org|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217061035/http://farrukhfoundation.org/letarchar.php|archive-date=17 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Sirajam Munira (September, 1952)
* Naufel O Hatem (June, 1961)
* Muhurter Kabita (A Moment's Poem), September, 1963
* Dholai Kabbo (), January, 1963
* Hatemtayi (May, 1966)
* Habida Marur Kahini (September, 1981)
* Kafela (August, 1980)
* Sindabad (October, 1983)
* Dilruba (February, 1994)

===Books for children===
* Pakhir Basa (The Bird's Nest)(1965)
* Horofer Chhora (Alphabet Rhymes, 1970)
* Chhorar Asor (Party of Rhymes, 1970)
* Fuler Jolsa (Concert of Flowers, December, 1985)
* Chiriyakhana( The Zoo, 1980)

==Personal life==
He married his first cousin Saieda Taieba Khatun Lily in November 1942. On the occasion of this marriage, Ahmad wrote the poem ''Upohar'', which was published by the [[Saogat]] in late 1942.<ref name="farrukhahmadhistory"/> They had eleven children: Syeda Shamarukh Banu, Syeda Lalarukh Banu, Syed Abdullah al-Mahmud, Syed Abdullah al-Masud, Syed Manzur-e-Elahi, Syeda Yasmin Banu, Syed Muhammad Akhtaruzzaman (Ahmad Akhtar), Syed Muhammad Wahiduzzaman, Syed Mukhlisur Rahman, Syed Khalilur Rahman and Syed Muhammad Abduhu.<ref name="gunijan.org"/><ref>{{cite news |language=bn|url=https://www.jugantor.com/national/390842/কবি-ফররুখের-ছেলে-আহমদ-আখতার-আর-নেই|script-title=bn:কবি ফররুখের ছেলে আহমদ আখতার আর নেই|trans-title=Poet Farrukh's son Ahmad Akhtar is no more|work=[[Jugantor]]|access-date=2021-02-14}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1960)
* President's Award for [[Pride of Performance]] (1961)
* [[Adamjee Literary Award]] (1966)
* UNESCO Prize (1966)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (posthumously, 1977)
* [[Independence Day Award]] (posthumously, 1980. This award is also known as the Swadhinata Padak)<ref name="IndependenceDayAward">{{cite web|url=http://www.brri.gov.bd/success_stories/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=List of Independence Day Award of Bangladesh|website=brri.gov.bd|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121184824/http://www.brri.gov.bd/success_stories/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101225114936/http://farrukhfoundation.net/ Farrukh Research Foundation]

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