A discussion meeting on the life, works and achievement of the poet was held on the premises of Poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah Smriti Pathagar in his village under Babuganj upazila.
A special prayer session was held in the local mosque after the asr prayers.
Former UP chairman Bazlur Rahman Master presided over the programme organised by Poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah Smriti Pathagar.
Secretary of the library Rafikul Islam, Professor Golam Hossain of Babuganj College, headmaster of Khanpura School Enayet Karim Faruk, Nazrul Islam Mamun, Anisur Rahman Akon, Alamgir Hossain Gharami and others also spoke in the discussion.
The speakers said Abu Zafar Obaidullah was a prominent figure of the language movement and played a seminal role in Bangladesh's literature and culture.
Despite his chequered career in national and international level, he always preferred to be known as a poet of the soil, nature and humanity, not as a mandarin, they observed.
They further said poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah was not only one of the major poets of the Bangla language and Bangladesh, but also the spokesman of the third world countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
He portrayed the dreams, demands, struggle for liberation of the oppressed people in his works.
The speakers also called for deeper study and research into the life and works of the poet.
Abu Zafar Obaidullah was awarded Ekushey Padak and Bangla Academy Padak for his contribution to the Bangla literature and significant role in literary and cultural activities of the country.
Born in Barisal on February 8, 1934, Obaidullah died on March 19, 2001.
He was the second son of Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, a former speaker of the Pakistan national assembly.
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