Career
Qadri is one of the prominent poets of post-1947 Bengali poetry, who brought a new angle to the Bangladeshi scene by introducing urbanism and a sense of modernity. Though he published only four books of poetry, "his tone, alliteration, images and the use of simile made him a unique contributor of Bengali verse."
The story of the on-going adda by these two poets at Beauty Boarding, Dhaka, in the 50"s and 60"s became legendary. At the age of fourteen, he was first published in Kabita, edited by Buddhadeb Bosu, who is also a major poet of the 30"son
Qadri subsequently became a well-known figure among the poets of Dhaka and Kolkata.
After the publication of his third book, Qadri stopped writing and started living in London and Germany. Since then, he has returned to writing again and published his fourth book in 2009.
Although it has been said that "in the last issue of Kali O Kolom broke his near three decades of silence by penning two poems," he actually broke his silence by contributing to the very first issue of Shabdaguchha, a bilingual poetry journal, published in New New York
