Ahsan Habib (cartoonist)
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 Ahsan Habib at BANCARAS's Cartoon exhibition 2011 |
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| Nationality |  Bangladeshi |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Education | MSc in geography |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | cartoonist, Editor |
| Spouse | Afroza Amin |
| Children | Shabnam Ahsan |
| Relatives | Humayun Ahmed (brother) Muhammad Zafar Iqbal (brother) |
Ahsan Habib is a Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of Unmad, a satire magazine.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Ahsan is the third son of Foyezur Rahman and Ayesha Foyez. His father, a police officer, was killed by the Pakistani army during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Elder brother Humayun Ahmed is a writer and film-maker. Another brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, is also a writer and educationist. Ahsan is married to Afroza Amin and they are parents to only child Shabnam Ahsan.
Due to his father's occupation, Ahsan spent his childhood in different parts of Bangladesh - Jagdal, Panchagarh, Rangamati, Bandarban, Chittagong, Bogra, Comilla and Pirojpur.
[edit] Education
Ahsan Habib studied in more than eight schools before the SSC exam. He earned MSc degree in geography from the University of Dhaka.
[edit] Career
He started career as a cartoonist and writer. He is the editor of Unmad, a satire magazine running since the early 1980s. He was the editor of first Bengali science fiction magazine, Moulik, Autoline, Ghuddi, etc.. He is an adviser of Bangladesh Cartoonist Association.
As a cartoonist, Ahsan Habib designed many covers.
He also worked on writing Sher, a short witty 3/4 lined satiric poem, mainly found in the Indian Subcontinent.
[edit] Books
[edit] Jokes
- Rat Barotar Porer Jokes
- Four Twenty Four Hour Jokes
- Jokes Somogro
- 999 Ta Jokes Ekta Fao
- 1001 Ta Jokes 1ta Missing
- Valentine Jokes
- Jini Jokes
- Big and Small Jokes
[edit] Non-fiction
- আবজাব
- লিখতে লিখতে লেখক
- বাবা যখন এক্কেবারে ছোট
- ইশকুল টাইম
- অফিস টাইম
- যাহা বলিব মিথ্যা বলিব
[edit] Science fiction
- Paowel Broonskir Bichar
[edit] References
- ^ Shamim Ahsan. "To Bring Children Back to Books" Star Magazine, April 23, 2004. Accessed 3 April 2009, Archived 3 April 2009.
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