Kabir Chowdhury was born on February 9, 1923 in Brahmanbaria, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh]. He was a writer, known for Bari Bhara (1965) and Al-Badar (2009). He was married to Meher Kabir. He died on December 13, 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.