In his leisure after the matriculation, he read the Golpo Guccho of Rabindranath Tagore. He also received his MA in the same subject where he stood second in second division. After a break of three years he got admitted to the B.A. He studied English literature at the Dhaka University for three years but did not take the examination. Shamsur Rahman started writing poetry at the age of eighteen, just after graduating from the Dhaka College.
He studied at Pogos High School from where he passed matriculation in 1945. His paternal home is situated on the bank of the river Meghna, a village named Paratoli, near the Raipura thana of Narshingdi district.
Shamsur Rahman was born in his grandfather's house 46 no. 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. He was regarded as the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh. 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. Shamsur Rahman ( Bengali: শামসুর রাহমান 23 October 1929 – 17 August 2006) was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist.
