Namaj-e-janaza of Qadri held in NY

The namaj-e-janaza of Ekushey Padak winner Bangla poet Shahid Qadri was held in New York last evening, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
An Emirate flight carrying his body will land Dhaka around 11:00pm (NY time) today, according to the daily.
The Bangla Academy Award winner died at North Shore University Hospital in New York around 7:00am (local time) yesterday.

Qadri is credited with bringing in a new sense of modernity and urbanism in post-1947 Bangla poetry. Infused with patriotism, cosmopolitanism and universalism, and in its treatment of nature and city life, his poetry delves deep into the conflicts and the sense of alienation pervading modern life.
It was Qadri's audacious genre of composing verse that he wanted a poet to command the flotilla in the Bay of Bengal (Ekjon kobi command korben Bangoposhagorer shobgulo ronotori) and wanted to ban smuggling of everything but love (Valobashar chorachalan chhara shobkichhu nishiddho hoye jabe).
Born on August 14, 1942, Qadri's work was first published, when he was only 14, in Kabita, a literary journal edited by Buddhadeb Bosu, a major poet of the 30's. Qadri subsequently became a well-known figure among the poets of Dhaka and Kolkata.

Qadri published only a handful of poetry books but his tone, alliteration, images and the use of simile made him a unique contributor to Bangla verse.
His publications are; Uttaradhikar (Inheritance, 1967), Tomake Abhibadan Priyatama (Salute to You, Dearest; 1974), Prem Biraha Bhalobasar Kabita (Poems of Love and Separation), Kothayo Kono Krondon Nai (Weepings Nowhere) and Amar Chombongullo Pouchhaya Deo (Please, Convey my kisses).
After the publication of his third book, Qadri stopped writing, had a long lull and started living in the United Kingdom and Germany. Later, in the 80's, he moved to the United States. He broke his near three decades of silence penning some new poems for Bangladeshi literary magazine Kali O Kolom and for a bilingual poetry journal, published in New York, Shabdaguchha.
His poems have been translated into English by Kabir Chowdhury, Kaiser Haq, Farida Majid, and he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award in 1973. Qadri also received the Ekushey Padak in 2011.