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Humayun Ahmed

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Ahmed in 2010

Native name হুমায়ূন আহমেদ

Born 13 November 1948

Kutubpur, Kendua, Netrokona, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan

Died 19 July 2012 (aged 63)

New York City, United States

Resting place Nuhash Polli, Pirujali, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Occupation Writer, film director, professor of chemistry, dramatist

Nationality Bangladeshi

Education PhD (polymer chemistry)

Alma mater University of Dhaka

North Dakota State University

Notable works Jostnya O Jononeer Golpo (The Story of a Mother and a Moonlit Night)

Notable awards Bangla Academy Literary Award

Ekushey Padak

Years active 1972–2012

Spouse

Gultekin Khan (m. 1976; div. 2003)

Meher Afroz Shaon (m. 2005)

Children

Nova Shila Bipasha Nuhash Nishad Ninit

Relatives

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal (brother)

Ahsan Habib (brother)

Humayun Ahmed (13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, song writer, scholar, and lecturer. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh. Ahmed's writing style is characterized as magical realism. His books were the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s. He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award and the Ekushey Padak award for his contribution to Bengali literature.

In the early 1990s, Ahmed emerged as a filmmaker. He went on to make a total of eight films - each 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.

1. lilaboti

2. modhyanyo
3. jochna o jononir golpo
4. opekkha