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Shahid Akhand

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Shahid Akhand
শহীদ আখন্দ
Born1935 (age 88–89)
Passdarilla, Nandail, Mymensingh
NationalityBangladeshi

Shahid Akhand (born 21 January 1935) is a Bangladeshi author and novelist of Bengali literature.

Biography

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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

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Novels

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Shamsuzzaman, Abdul Fazal (1992). Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991). Tribhuj Prakashani. p. 241. OCLC 28114771.
  2. ^ a b Das, Subrata Kumar. "Novels of Bangladesh : An Introduction". Bangladeshi Novels.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. ^ "'Golpo Thekay Natok' on BTV". The Daily Star. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.