Humayun Ahmed
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| Native name | হুমায়ূন আহমেদ |
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13 November 1948 Mohanganj, Netrokona, East Bengal (Now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 19 July 2012 (aged 63) New York City, United States |
| Resting place | Nuhash Polli, Pirujali union, Gazipur District, Bangladesh |
| Occupation | Writer, film director, professor of Chemistry, Dramatist |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Education | PhD in 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 Award Ekushey Padak |
| Years active | 1972–2012 |
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Humayun Ahmed (pronounced: [ɦumae̯un aɦmed̪]; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. 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 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.
Ahmed was born in Kutubpur, Mymensingh to Foyzur Rahman Ahmed (1921–1971) and Ayesha Foyez (née Khatun) (1930–2014). Foyzur served as a sub-divisional police officer in Pirojpur District and was killed in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. In 2011, politician Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was put on trial for the killing but was acquitted of the charge in 2013 due to a lack of evidence. Humayun's brother, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, is a writer and academician. Another brother, Ahsan Habib, became a cartoonist. He had three sisters – Sufia Haider, Momtaz Shahid and Rukhsana Ahmed.
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