Pother Kobi
Pother Kobi (In Bengali "পথের কবি”) means The Poet of Path. He is also known as Ibrahim Shagor Chowdhury. He was born on 22 April 1996 in Dhaka. His literary life started from school life with his love for writing. Although he wandered in various branches of writing, he is mainly known as a poet.
Birth and early life
Pother Kobi was born on 22nd April 1996 at his grandmother's house in Old Dhaka. His real name is Md. Ibrahim Hossain. His father's name is Zakir Hossain and mother's name is Shilpi Akhter. His home town is in Chandpur. From his childhood he spent most of his youth in old Dhaka. He passed SSC from Ahmed Bawani Academy. Later, after passing HSC from BAF Shaheen College, Kurmitola, located in Dhaka, he was admitted to Kabi Nazrul Government College affiliated with University of Dhaka to complete his graduation.
Pother Kobi was gentle and calm from his school life. He used to guide his life with different words of different writers and poets. The touch of literature touched him in such a way that he started writing on his own at one stage. Sometimes with rhythm and sometimes without rhythm, he would write various things. He followed Nazrul, Rabindranath, Madhusudan and many other poets in his writing.
Literary life
Pother Kobi's literary life started from school life. He was attracted to various poems and poets in the textbook and tried to write little by little. Her first poem, "Lekha-Pora", was published in a school magazine in 2010 while he was in 6th grade, and was widely praised by teachers and students. This increased the interest in writing. He started writing in a weekly magazine. The magazine was published weekly from Janala Prakashani. He regularly published poems in that magazine. Sudhir Ranjan Rupam (India), the then editor of the paper, invited him to join the Bangladesh Writers' Foundation.
Since joining the Bangladesh Writers' Foundation, he was admired by everyone in the organization as a teenage poet with affection, love and literary education. Ibrahim Shagor Chowdhury's poem "Bangladesh" was published in Sudhir Ranjan Rupam's (India) book of poetry "Bhenge Feli Timir Raat" at the 2011 Book Fair. In the same year, he participated in the 1st Writers’ Conference of the Bangladesh Writers' Foundation and was awarded in the Poetry Competition and Poetry Recitation of the Moment.
Although he wanted to publish a book in 2012 as the practice of literature continued, it did not happen due to various reasons including study. In the meanwhile Janala Prakashani and Bangladesh Lekhak Foundation stopped their activities and the literary practice also stopped. However, he took the initiative to publish a monthly magazine to keep the practice going. With friends he formed "Air Club, Bangladesh" through which "Monthly Joygan" was published. Ibrahim Sagar Chowdhury's parents were the main force behind this organization. And the chief adviser of the organization and Kandari was the physician, writer, poet and painter "Dr. Akbar Ali".
During the journey of the Air Club from 2012 to 2015, Pother Kobi and Dr. Akbar Ali tried their best to keep the organization alive but at one stage the activities of the Air Club came to a halt. Pother Kobi started writing in the online blog. Although he continued writing from 2015 to 2020, he did not publish his writing anywhere. However, his poems were selected and published in Tanvir Hasan Biplob's edited book of poems "Manprabah" and "Mujib Manei Bangladesh" published at the 2021 Book Fair. His poems were also published in the edited poetry book "Kavya Kotha" published by KPR.
His solo book "Antim" was published at Ekushey Book Fair in 2022. The book is published through Prohelika Publication. In the same year, his joint book of poetry "Jayagan" was published by Alpana Prakash.
Pother Kobi
The pseudonym, Pother Kobi is the favorite name of Ibrahim Shagor Chowdhury. He always loves to introduce himself as very ordinary. So he introduced himself as a man of the path. Path's demands, Path's cries, Path's laughter, he wants to write Path's song together with everything. So he introduced himself as a poet of the path. He published his first solo book of poetry "Antim" under this pseudonym.
Notable literary works
Notable among the poems he has written are "Nobo Prithibir Sishu", "Bonger Kache", "Amar Khodare Koro Voy", "Joygaan", "Ajkal Deshe", "Purono Ey Shohor Chere" and many more poems. Notable among the novels are "Tero Number Thakur Bari", "Asamapto Valobasha" and "Anila" and "Shamonto". Notable among the short stories are "Juta Chor", "Seo Manush Chilo" and many more.
