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'''Humayun Ahmed''' ({{IPA-bn|ɦumae̯un aɦmed̪|pron}}; 13 November 1948{{snd}}19 July 2012) was a [[Bangladesh]]i writer, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=Humayun Ahmed turns 63- Absence makes the heart grow fonder|url=http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/11/13/humayun-ahmed-turns-63-absence-42368.html|work=priyo.com|publisher=Priyo|accessdate=23 March 2012|author=priyodesk|date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Ahmed got his break-through by his debut novel ''[[Nondito Noroke]]'' in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mahmudul Hasan Hemal|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141112091719/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_04-09-2012_Nondito-Noroke_251_1_19_1_1.html|title=Book reviewNondito NorokeMasterpiece of a master storyteller|publisher=Daily Sun |date=September 4, 2012 |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref> He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20131202235839/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-07-27&nid=18495#.VnyAFpMrKuU|title=Tears for Humayun Ahmed |publisher=Newagebd.com |date=27 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Rashidul Bari |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/contributors/contributions/rashidul-bari/Tears-for-Humayun-Ahmed-The-Shakespeare-of-Bangladesh/articleshow/15515838.cms |title=Tears for Humayun Ahmed: The Shakespeare of Bangladesh – Times Of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=16 August 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> Ahmed's writing style is characterized as [[magic realism]].<ref>Faizul Latif Chowdhury (2007), ''Review of Lilaboti'', ''Prothom Alo'', Dhaka.</ref> Ahmed's books were the top sellers at the [[Ekushey Book Fair]] during the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{cite news
'''Humayun Ahmed''' ({{IPA-bn|ɦumae̯un aɦmed̪|pron}}; 13 November 1948{{snd}}19 July 2012) was a [[Bangladesh]]i writer, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=Humayun Ahmed turns 63- Absence makes the heart grow fonder|url=http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/11/13/humayun-ahmed-turns-63-absence-42368.html|work=priyo.com|publisher=Priyo|accessdate=23 March 2012|author=priyodesk|date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Ahmed got his break-through by his debut novel ''[[Nondito Noroke]]'' in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mahmudul Hasan Hemal |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_04-09-2012_Nondito-Noroke_251_1_19_1_1.html |title=Book reviewNondito NorokeMasterpiece of a master storyteller |publisher=Daily Sun |date=September 4, 2012 |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112091719/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_04-09-2012_Nondito-Noroke_251_1_19_1_1.html |archivedate=12 November 2014 }}</ref> He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-07-27&nid=18495#.VnyAFpMrKuU |title=Tears for Humayun Ahmed |publisher=Newagebd.com |date=27 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235839/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-07-27&nid=18495#.VnyAFpMrKuU |archivedate=2 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Rashidul Bari |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/contributors/contributions/rashidul-bari/Tears-for-Humayun-Ahmed-The-Shakespeare-of-Bangladesh/articleshow/15515838.cms |title=Tears for Humayun Ahmed: The Shakespeare of Bangladesh – Times Of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=16 August 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> Ahmed's writing style is characterized as [[magic realism]].<ref>Faizul Latif Chowdhury (2007), ''Review of Lilaboti'', ''Prothom Alo'', Dhaka.</ref> Ahmed's books were the top sellers at the [[Ekushey Book Fair]] during the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{cite news
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=== Critical response ===
=== Critical response ===


Nobel laureate economist [[Muhammad Yunus]] assessed Ahmed's overall impact by saying "Humayun's works are the most profound and most fruitful that literature has experienced since the time of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]] and [[Kazi Nazrul Islam|Nazrul]]."<ref name=toi/> Similarly, according to poet [[Al Mahmud]], “one golden age of Bengali literature ended with Tagore and Nazrul and another began" with Ahmed.<ref name=toi/> Writer [[Imdadul Haq Milon]] considered him to be "the almighty lord of Bengali literature, controlling all their actions and thoughts".<ref name=toi>{{cite news|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/citizen-journalists/citizen-journalists-reports/rashidul-bari/Tears-for-Humayun-Ahmed-The-Shakespeare-of-Bangladesh/articleshow/15515838.cms|title=Tears for Humayun Ahmed: The Shakespeare of Bangladesh|author=Rashidul Bari|date=August 16, 2012|accessdate=December 16, 2015|publisher=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]], Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper, referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|author=AFP |url=http://dawn.com/2012/07/20/bangladesh-mourns-death-of-cultural-legend-humayun-ahmed/ |title=Bangladesh mourns death of cultural legend Humayun Ahmed |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] described him as the most popular writer in the [[Bengali language]] for a century<ref>{{cite web|last=Mustafa |first=Sabir |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18930073 |title=BBC News – Bangladesh's most enduring storyteller |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825092915/http://www.theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/frontpage/129-frontpage/122280-end-of-a-new-era-in-bengali-literature.html |title='End of a new era in Bengali literature' |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=22 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref>
Nobel laureate economist [[Muhammad Yunus]] assessed Ahmed's overall impact by saying "Humayun's works are the most profound and most fruitful that literature has experienced since the time of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]] and [[Kazi Nazrul Islam|Nazrul]]."<ref name=toi/> Similarly, according to poet [[Al Mahmud]], “one golden age of Bengali literature ended with Tagore and Nazrul and another began" with Ahmed.<ref name=toi/> Writer [[Imdadul Haq Milon]] considered him to be "the almighty lord of Bengali literature, controlling all their actions and thoughts".<ref name=toi>{{cite news|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/citizen-journalists/citizen-journalists-reports/rashidul-bari/Tears-for-Humayun-Ahmed-The-Shakespeare-of-Bangladesh/articleshow/15515838.cms|title=Tears for Humayun Ahmed: The Shakespeare of Bangladesh|author=Rashidul Bari|date=August 16, 2012|accessdate=December 16, 2015|publisher=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]], Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper, referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|author=AFP |url=http://dawn.com/2012/07/20/bangladesh-mourns-death-of-cultural-legend-humayun-ahmed/ |title=Bangladesh mourns death of cultural legend Humayun Ahmed |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] described him as the most popular writer in the [[Bengali language]] for a century<ref>{{cite web|last=Mustafa |first=Sabir |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18930073 |title=BBC News – Bangladesh's most enduring storyteller |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/frontpage/129-frontpage/122280-end-of-a-new-era-in-bengali-literature.html |title='End of a new era in Bengali literature' |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=22 July 2012 |accessdate=2013-07-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825092915/http://www.theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/frontpage/129-frontpage/122280-end-of-a-new-era-in-bengali-literature.html |archivedate=25 August 2012 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


Ahmed married Gultekin Khan in 1976.<ref name="Humayun Married">{{cite web|author=Culture Desk| url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_19-07-2013_Humayun-Ahmed%E2%80%99s-first-death-anniversary-today_561_1_7_1_0.html |title=Humayun Ahmed's first death anniversary today |publisher=The Daily Sun |date= |accessdate=2013-11-29}}</ref><ref name="Humayun Got Married">{{cite web|author=New York Correspondent| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203080028/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=6049c4764e4f172b968de04fc828df34&nttl=2013012847938|title=Humayun Ahmed passes away |publisher=BanglaNews24.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=লেখালেখিতে অনুপ্রেরণা শুধুই দাদা: গুলতেকিন|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/art-and-literature/article/760813/লেখালেখিতে-অনুপ্রেরণা-শুধুই-দাদা-গুলতেকিন|date=February 5, 2016|accessdate=February 5, 2016|newspaper=Prothom Alo|author=Tanvir Sohel}}</ref> Together they had three daughters, Nova, Shila and Bipasha, and one son, Nuhash. [[Shila Ahmed]] went on to become a television and film actress. In 2003, Ahmed divorced Gultekin and married actress [[Meher Afroz Shaon]] in 2005. He had two sons from the second marriage, Nishad and Ninit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zahid.x10.mx/wp/?p=496 |title=Humayun Ahmed's life history &#124; History of Famous people's lifestyles |publisher=Zahid.x10.mx |date= |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref>
Ahmed married Gultekin Khan in 1976.<ref name="Humayun Married">{{cite web|author=Culture Desk| url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_19-07-2013_Humayun-Ahmed%E2%80%99s-first-death-anniversary-today_561_1_7_1_0.html |title=Humayun Ahmed's first death anniversary today |publisher=The Daily Sun |date= |accessdate=2013-11-29}}</ref><ref name="Humayun Got Married">{{cite web|author=New York Correspondent |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=6049c4764e4f172b968de04fc828df34&nttl=2013012847938 |title=Humayun Ahmed passes away |publisher=BanglaNews24.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203080028/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=6049c4764e4f172b968de04fc828df34&nttl=2013012847938 |archivedate=3 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=লেখালেখিতে অনুপ্রেরণা শুধুই দাদা: গুলতেকিন|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/art-and-literature/article/760813/লেখালেখিতে-অনুপ্রেরণা-শুধুই-দাদা-গুলতেকিন|date=February 5, 2016|accessdate=February 5, 2016|newspaper=Prothom Alo|author=Tanvir Sohel}}</ref> Together they had three daughters, Nova, Shila and Bipasha, and one son, Nuhash. [[Shila Ahmed]] went on to become a television and film actress. In 2003, Ahmed divorced Gultekin and married actress [[Meher Afroz Shaon]] in 2005. He had two sons from the second marriage, Nishad and Ninit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zahid.x10.mx/wp/?p=496 |title=Humayun Ahmed's life history &#124; History of Famous people's lifestyles |publisher=Zahid.x10.mx |date= |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref>


==Cancer and death ==
==Cancer and death ==

Revision as of 03:39, 30 March 2016

Humayun Ahmed
Ahmed in 2010
Ahmed in 2010
Native name
হুমায়ূন আহমেদ
Born(1948-11-13)13 November 1948
Mohanganj, Netrokona, East Bengal (now Bangladesh)[1]
Died19 July 2012(2012-07-19) (aged 63)[2]
New York City, United States
Resting placeNuhash Polli, Pirujali Village, Gazipur District, Bangladesh[3]
OccupationWriter, film director, professor of Chemistry, Dramatist
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPhD in polymer chemistry
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
North Dakota State University
Years active1972–2012
Notable worksJostnya O Jononeer Golpo (The Story of a Mother and a Moonlit Night)
Notable awardsBangla Academy Award
Ekushey Padak
Spouse
  • Gultekin Khan
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1976; div. 2003)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2012)​
Children
  • Nova Ahmed
  • Shila Ahmed
  • Bipasha Ahmed
  • Nuhash Ahmed
  • Nishad Ahmed
  • Ninit Ahmed
Relatives
Signature

Humayun Ahmed (pronounced [ɦumae̯un aɦmed̪]; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker.[4] Ahmed got his break-through by his debut novel Nondito Noroke in 1972.[5] He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh.[6][7] Ahmed's writing style is characterized as magic realism.[8] Ahmed's books were the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s.[9] He won Bangla Academy Award and Ekushey Padak for his contribution to Bengali literature.

In the early 1990s, Ahmed emerged as a filmmaker. He went on to make total 8 films - all based on his own novels. He received six Bangladesh National Film Awards in different categories for the films Daruchini Dwip, Aguner Poroshmoni and Ghetuputra Komola.

Early life and background

Ahmed was born in Kutubpur, Mymensingh to Foyzur Rahman Ahmed (1921–1971) and Ayesha Foyez (née Khatun) (1930–2014).[10][11] Foyzur served as a sub-divisional police officer in Pirojpur District and was killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[12] In 2011, politician Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was put on trial for the killing but was acquitted of the charge in 2013 for lack of evidence.[13][14] Humayun's brother, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, is a writer and academician. Another brother, Ahsan Habib, became a cartoonist. He had three sisters – Sufia Haider, Momtaz Shahid and Rukhsana Ahmed.[15]

Upon official assignment of his father, Ahmed had lived in Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong, Dinajpur and Bogra in his childhood.[11]

Education and early career

Ahmed studied in Chittagong Collegiate School.[16] He eventually passed his SSC examination from Bogra Zilla School in 1967 and was listed as second in merit on the Rajshahi Education Board.[17] He passed his HSC examination from Dhaka College in 1969. Then he attended University of Dhaka and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and later with a Master of Science degree.

After his graduation, he worked as a lecturer at Bangladesh Agricultural University for six months before joining Dhaka College to teach Chemistry.[citation needed] Soon after, he went to the United States to earn his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from North Dakota State University.[17]

Works

Novels

Ahmed’s debut novel Nondito Noroke was published in 1972 while he was still a university student.[18][19][20] From the very first novel, he brought into play the aspirations of average middle-class urban families and portrayed the quintessential moments of their lives.[19] His second novel was Shonkhonil Karagar.[21]

Ahmed’s novels featured some book series with recurring characters like Himu (15 novels), Misir Ali (10 novels) and less frequent, Shubhro.[21] He wrote several novels based on Bangladesh Liberation War – Aguner Poroshmoni, Srabon Megher Din and Jyotsna O Jononir Golpo.[21] His romantic novels included Badol Diner Prothom Kodom Phool, Noboni, Aj Dupure Tomar Nimontran and Tumi Amai Dekechhile Chhutir Nimontrane.[21]

Ahmed wrote three autobiographies - Amar Chelebela, Rong Pencil and Fountain Pen.[22][23][24]

Television and film

Ahmed's first television drama was Prothom Prohor (1983), directed by Nawazesh Ali Khan.[25] His first drama serial was Ei Shob Din Ratri (1985). It was followed by the comedy series Bohubrihi (1988), the historical drama series Ayomoy (1988), the urban drama series Kothao Keu Nei (1990), Nokkhotrer Raat (1996) and Aaj Robibar (1999). Besides, he made single episode dramas including Nimful notably.[citation needed]

Ahmed directed films based on his own stories. His first film, Aguner Poroshmoni, based on Bangladesh Liberation War, won the National Film Award in total eight categories, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director.[26][27] Another film Shyamal Chhaya was also based on the same war.[28] His last directed film, Ghetuputra Kamola, was set in the colonial period − the story was about a teenage boy.[29]

Shyamol Chhaya and Ghetuputra Kamola were selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006 and 2012 respectively, but were not nominated.[30][31]

Ahmed also wrote songs for few of his own films and plays. Some of the notables are titled as Ami Aaj Bhejabo Chokh Somudrer Joley, Chadni Poshor Ratey and Amar Achey Jol.[citation needed]

In 2009, Ahmed served as a judge on Channel i's reality talent show Khudey Gaanraaj.[32]

Critical response

Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus assessed Ahmed's overall impact by saying "Humayun's works are the most profound and most fruitful that literature has experienced since the time of Tagore and Nazrul."[33] Similarly, according to poet Al Mahmud, “one golden age of Bengali literature ended with Tagore and Nazrul and another began" with Ahmed.[33] Writer Imdadul Haq Milon considered him to be "the almighty lord of Bengali literature, controlling all their actions and thoughts".[33] Dawn, Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper, referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh.[34] Sunil Gangopadhyay described him as the most popular writer in the Bengali language for a century[35] and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.[36]

Personal life

Ahmed married Gultekin Khan in 1976.[26][27][37] Together they had three daughters, Nova, Shila and Bipasha, and one son, Nuhash. Shila Ahmed went on to become a television and film actress. In 2003, Ahmed divorced Gultekin and married actress Meher Afroz Shaon in 2005. He had two sons from the second marriage, Nishad and Ninit.[38]

Cancer and death

Ahmed had open heart surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.[39] Few years later, during a routine checkup, the doctors found a cancerous tumor in his colon. On September 14, 2011, he was flown to Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for treatment.[39] During his stay in New York City, he wrote a novel, Deyal, on the life of the first President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[40] In January 2012, he was appointed as a senior special adviser of Bangladesh Mission to the United Nations.[41] On May 12, 2012, he returned to Bangladesh for two weeks.[42]

He died on July 19, 2012 at 11.20 PM BST at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.[43] After resolving a tension in his family over the selection of burial site, he was finally buried in his estate Nuhash Polli.[3][44]

Other interests

Ahmed at Nuhash Polli (2010)

In 1987 Ahmed founded an estate called Nuhash Polli near Pijulia village, in Gazipur Sadar Upazila of Gazipur District,[45] which grew to cover 40 bigha[45] (approximately 14 acres). He would spend much of his time at the estate when he was in Bangladesh, formed a collection of statues there by local artist Asaduzzaman Khan, and of plants from around the world, particularly medicinal and fruit-bearing trees.[45]

Legacy

Exim Bank, a commercial bank and Anyadin, an entertainment magazine jointly introduced an award program, "Humayun Ahmed Sahitya Puruskar", which would be granted to two writers every year on November 12.[46]

Filmography

Year Film Director Screenwriter Notes
1992 Shonkhonil Karagar Yes Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story
1994 Aguner Poroshmoni Yes Yes Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue
1999 Srabon Megher Din Yes Yes Bachsas Awards for Best Lyrics
Bachsas Awards for Best Story
2000 Dui Duari Yes Yes
2003 Chandrokotha Yes Yes
2004 Shyamol Chhaya Yes Yes Bangladeshi submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
2006 Durotto Yes
Nondito Noroke Yes
Nirontor Yes
Noy Number Bipod Sanket Yes Yes
2007 Daruchini Dwip Yes Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay
Saajghor Yes
2008 Amar Ache Jol Yes Yes
2009 Priyotomeshu Yes
2012 Ghetuputra Komola Yes Yes Bangladeshi submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay
Meril Prothom Alo Awards - Best Film
Meril Prothom Alo Awards - Best Director
Meril Prothom Alo Awards - Best Screenplay

Bibliography

In Bengali
5
In English
  • 1971: A Novel. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Mowla Bros. 1993. ISBN 9789844100138.
  • In Blissfull Hell. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Somoi Prokashan. 1993. ISBN 9789844580459.
  • Gouripur Junction. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Anyaprokash. 2007. ISBN 9789848684382.

Awards

Ahmed signing books (2010)
  • Lekhak Shibir Prize (1973)
  • Bangla Academy Award (1981)
  • Shishu Academy Award
  • Jainul Abedin Gold Medal
  • Michael Madhusudan Medal (1987)
  • Bacsas Prize (1988)
  • Humayun Qadir Memorial Prize (1990)
  • Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story (1994)
  • Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film (1994)
  • Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue (1994)
  • Ekushey Padak (1994)
  • Sheltech Award (2007)[49]
  • Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay (2007)
  • Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director (2012)
  • Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay (2012)

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