Background
He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur.
He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur.
University of Calcutta.
Before the India-Pakistan partition, he worked on several literary magazines: Takbir, Bulbul (1937-1938) and The Saogat (1939-1943) and he was a staff artiste at the Kolkata Centre of All India Radio. After partition he came to Dhaka and worked on Daily Azad, Monthly Mohammadi, Daily Krishak, Daily Ittehad, Weekly Prabaha, et cetera
Ahsan Habib received several awards for his literary achievements, including: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Literary Prize (1960-1961) Bangla Academy Award (1961) Adamjee Literary Prize (1964) Nasiruddin Gold Medal (1977) Ekushey Padak (1978) Jatiya (National) Padak Abul Mansur Ahmed Memorial Prize (1980) Abul Kalam Memorial Prize (1984).
