Selim Al-Deen
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| Native name | সেলিম আল দীন |
| Born | 18 August 1949 |
| Died | 14 January 2008 (aged 58) |
| Resting place | Jahangirnagar University |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Genre | Drama |
| Spouse | Begumzadi Meherunnesa Selim |
Selim Al-Deen (18 August 1949 – 14 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist. He was the founder chairperson of the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. He made significant contribution to Bengali drama. He is also considered as one of the pioneers of street theatre in Bangladesh.
Al-Deen was born as Mainuddin to Mofizuddin Ahmed and Firoza Khatun in Shenerkhil village of Sonagazi Upazila of Feni on 18 August 1949. He was the third of their seven children. He assumed this pen name later. His school life started in 1954. He travelled with his father to different parts of the country and received education in many institutions as his father was doing a transferable government job in the department of Customs and Excise. He passed matriculation examination in 1964 from Manglakandi High School and in 1966 he passed ISc from Feni College. In 1967 he was admitted into University of Dhaka to study Bengali literature. But later he moved to the Karatia College, Tangail and graduated as a student of that college. He came back to the University of Dhaka and obtained his MA degree from the Bengali Department. In 1995 he obtained PhD degree from the Jahangirnagar University. His first job was in an advertising firm as a copywriter. However, in 1974 he joined Jahangirnagar University as a lecturer. He married Begaumjadi Meherunnisa Parul the same year.
He was attracted to reading literary works at a very young age. As he turned on to admit into Dhaka University in 1966, he decided to become a career writer. In the early years, Selim Al-Deen wanted to be a poet and published some of poems he composed. But soon he realised that poetry was not his cup of tea. It was his renowned teacher and a playwright Munier Chowdhury who encouraged him to focus attention on drama. First he started reading plays and study the life of playwrights. Then he started to write plays himself. He wrote his first drama in 1968 while still a university-student. His first radio play was Biporit Tomosay (tr. 'On the other side of Darkness') was broadcast in 1969. He wrote a play for Bangladesh Television styled Librium which was broadcast in 1970. His first play for the theatre was Shorpo bishoyok golpo (tr. Story about snakes') was staged in 1972
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