Shahid Akhand

Shahid Akhand (born 1935),[1] is a Bangladeshi author and novelist of Bengali literature.

Shahid Akhand
শহীদ আখন্দ
Born1935 (age 85–86)
Passdarilla, Nandail, Mymensingh
NationalityBangladeshi

Biography

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. Das, Subrata Kumar. "Short Bios". Bangladeshi Novels.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2004.
  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. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. "Arts & Entertainment". The Daily Star. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2019.


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