Shahid Akhand
Bangladeshi writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shahid Akhand (born 21 January 1935) is a Bangladeshi author and novelist of Bengali literature.
Shahid Akhand | |
|---|---|
| শহীদ আখন্দ | |
| Born | 1935 (age 88–89) Passdarilla, Nandail, Mymensingh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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]
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
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