Ahmede Hussain

Ahmede Hussain (born 16 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi author. His ancestors hail from the former Portuguese enclave of Patherghata, Chittagong in Bangladesh. He has edited The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words,[1] which is an anthology of fiction from the Indian Subcontinent. The book has been greeted with acclaim: "The richness is all, both in terms of the writers brought together and in the quality of the tales that come to you one after the other.".[2]

He is currently working on his first novel. He is also a senior journalist. He was in charge of The Daily Star (Bangladesh)'s weekly suppliment The Star (Bangladesh) for a long time. He is also a popular English literature and language teacher at Vertical Horizon[3] an educational service providing institution based in Dhaka. Ahmede Hussain lives and works in Dhaka.

Works

1. The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words

2. Blues for Allah, Published from Monash University

3. The Journal of Contemporary Literature, an Indian journal has published Ahmede Hussain and Tabish Khair's conversations on literature, politics and the world today in its Volume 1, No 1 issue.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Anthem-Subcontinent-Words/dp/9380032455
  2. ↑ [The Daily Star, Bangladesh, 23 October 2009]http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/10/04/book_review.htm
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/verticalhorizon.edu/info?tab=page_info

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