Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker whose writing made him one of the country’s most widely read modern authors. Trained in chemistry, he taught at the University of Dhaka before devoting himself to literature and film. He wrote more than 200 fiction and nonfiction books, including the Himu and Misir Ali series, and directed eight films adapted from his own novels. His major honors included the Bangla Academy Literary Award and the Ekushey Padak.