Shahid Akhand

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

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

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.

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
  1. Shamsuzzaman, Abdul Fazal (1992). Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991). Tribhuj Prakashani. p. 241. OCLC 28114771.
  2. 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.


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