Shahid Akhand
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Shahid Akhand | |
|---|---|
| শহীদ আখন্দ | |
| Born | 1935 (age 88–89) Passdarilla, Nandail, Mymensingh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Shahid Akhand (born 21 January 1935) is a Bangladeshi author and novelist of Bengali literature.
Biography
Akhand was born on 21 January 1935 in Mymensingh district. He completed a master's degree in Bengali at Dhaka University in 1959.[1]
He began writing in the second decade after the Partition of Bengal (1947).[2] His novel Panna Holo Sobuj depicted urban middle-class life.[2][3]
In 1978, he won a Bangla Academy Literary Award for a short story.[4] In 2008, a play adapted from his novel Bhetorer Manush was screened on Bangladesh Television.[5]
He lives in Bangladesh, and has been blind for a few years. He has three daughters and a son.[citation needed]
Works
Novels
- Panna Holo Sobuj (Emerald Green, 1964)
- Pakhir Gaan Boner Chhaya (Bird Songs Forest Shades, 1970)
- Dudondo Shanti (Moments of Peace, 1971)
- Ekoda Ek Bosonte (Once in Spring Time, 1984)
- Shei Pakhi (That Bird 1986)
- Apon Sourav (Own Fragrance 1986)
- Kokhon Ke Jane (Who Knows When, 1995)
- Bhetorer Manush
References
- ^ Shamsuzzaman, Abdul Fazal (1992). Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991). Tribhuj Prakashani. p. 241. OCLC 28114771.
- ^ a b Das, Subrata Kumar. "Novels of Bangladesh : An Introduction". Bangladeshi Novels.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
- ^ Ālī, Muhammada Idarisa (1985). Bāṃlādeśera upanyāsa sāhitye madhyabitta śreṇī: gabeshaṇā abhisandarbha (Study of the representation of middleclass people in Bengali novels from Bangladesh, 1947-1970) (in Bengali). Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "'Golpo Thekay Natok' on BTV". The Daily Star. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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