Dhruba Esh


Dhruba Esh is a Bangladeshi cover artist and writer. He has designed a number of the most iconic covers including Humayun Ahmed's Himu and Misir Ali series.

Early life

Esh was born on 7 January 1967 at Sunamganj District of the then East Pakistan to Bhupati Ranjan Esh and Leela Esh. He graduated from University of Dhaka in Fine Arts.

Career

Esh started his career as a cover artist in 1989 when he was a second-year student of Dhaka University. Initially, he used to cover the book of Imdadul Haque Milan. He was later introduced to Humayun Ahmed by other publishers and started designing book covers for him in 1990s. In an interview with The Daily Star in February 2019, he said that he has designed close to 25,000 book covers in his career.

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