# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shamsur-rahman-q734564
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:57:51.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shamsur-rahman-q734564"
name: "Shamsur Rahman"
slug: "shamsur-rahman-q734564"
description: "Shamsur Rahman was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. A prolific writer, Rahman produced more than sixty books of poetry collection and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature from the latter half of the 20th century. He was regarded as the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh. Major themes in his poetry and writings include liberal humanism, human relations, romanticised rebellion of youth, the emergence of and consequent events in Bangladesh, and opposition to religious fundamentalism."
tagline: "Bangladeshi poet, writer, journalist (1929–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shamsur_Rahman_Pohela_Falgun_1412_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-10-23"
deathDate: "2006-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.884882666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump