Asad Chowdhury (11 February 1943 – 5 October 2023) was a Bangladeshi poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality, journalist, and cultural activist.

[4] Hanif then entered the greater Barisal region where he served as the Jamadar of the Sangram Fort in Govindapur and settled in the village of Tetulia, Hizla.

Chowdhury was a life member of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and a fellow of Bangla Academy, Dhaka, as well as being a vice president of The Radio and TV Artists Association.

[6] Chowdhury's publications have been translated into English, French, German, Hindi, Urdu, and Malayalam and have been published in the US, Canada, UK, France, India, and Pakistan.

Chowdhury read poems at a festival organised by the Bangladesh Association in Pittsburgh in 2000, and attended Mukti Judha Uthsab in Agartala, India in January 2001.