Shaheen Akhtar

Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962) is a Bangladeshi writer.[1]

Shaheen Akhtar
Born1962 (age 58–59)
Comilla, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

She was born in Comilla and studied economics at Dhaka University. She next studied and worked at film-making in India, returning to Bangladesh in 1997. On her return, she began work on her first novel Palabar Path Nei (No Escape Route).[1] She works as an editor in the Media and Communication Unit of Ain o Salish Kendra, a civil rights organization in Dhaka.[2]

Selected works[2]
  • Talaash (The Search), novel, won the Prothom Alo Literary prize in 2004, translated into English in 2011
  • Shokhi Rongomala (Beloved Rongomala), novel
  • Boner Shange Amarloke (Sisters in eternity), short stories
  • Poneroti Golpo (Fifteen stories), short stories
  • Soti O Swotontora: Bangla Shahitye Nari, editor
  • Zenana Mehfil: Bangali Musalman Lekhikader Nirbachita Rachana, 1904-1938 (Women in Concert: An Anthology of Bengali Muslim Women's Writings, 1904-1938), editor with Mousumi Bhowmik[3]

Awards

References
  1. Shafique, Tahmina (August 2007). "Women's writing is rarely read before it is rejected".
  2. "Shaheen Akhtar". Words without Borders.
  3. Jasodhara, Bagchi (2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. p. 255. ISBN 8132101782.
  4. "পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা" [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.


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