He returned to Morning News in 1964 as a Senior Sub-Editor.ĭespite this instability in his professional life, there came stability in his personal and poetic life. After serving in the paper for some time he went for a change and joined Radio Pakistan as Programme Producer in 1960. But journalism as a profession was not up to his liking.

Shamsur Rahman began his career as a journalist in 1957 as sub-editor of the English daily Morning News. In this conference several poets from West Bengal including Narendra Dev, Radharani Devi, subhash mukhopadhyay, Debiprasad Chattapddhay and Shantiranjan Bandyopadhyay, jasimuddin attended. In 1955 a literary conference 'Purba Pakistan Sahitya Sammilan' was held in Dhaka. Their friendship and cordiality overwhelmed Shamsur Rahman. Others who attended it included Buddhadev Basu, Protiva Basu, Ajit Dutta, Ammlan Dutta and Naresh Guha. But its pioneers were Vice Chancellor rathindranath tagore, Ashokvijoy Raha, Surojit Dasgupta and Gouri Dutta (later to become Gouri Ayub). The festival's primary inspiration came from Annadashankar Roy. From a detailed account of the festival it became apparent that for the young poet it provided a unique experience. In 1953 a literary festival was held in santiniketan, five-member team of litterateurs represented East Bengal and Shamsur Rahman was one of them. This helped his poetical talent attract attention of intellectuals. While a university student, five of his poems were published in Natun Kavita (1950) an anthology of poems of thirteen young poets, edited by Ashraf Siddiqui and Abdur Rashid Khan. When eighteen, Shamsur Rahman's first poem Unishsha Unapavchash was published in Sonar Bangla in 1943 edited by Nalinikishore Guha. They included Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Syed Muhammad Ali, Saber Reza Karim, Tariqul Alam, Abu Zafar Obaidullah, Badruddin Omar, Abul Maal Abdul Muhit, Mustafa Kamal, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, Syed Ali Kabir and Abdul Gaffar Choudhury.

During his years in the university he came to close contact with them who in later years became well-known poets, litterateurs, writers, educationists and journalists.

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