Shaheen Akhtar
Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962) is a Bangladeshi writer.[1]
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shafique, Tahmina (August 2007). "Women’s writing is rarely read before it is rejected".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Shaheen Akhtar". Words without Borders.
- ↑ Jasodhara, Bagchi (2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. p. 255. ISBN 8132101782.