The second death anniversary of most popular author, dramatist, film director and soap-opera maker of the country Humayun Ahmed is being observed on Saturday.
Different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.
On the occasion, milad mafil will be held at his mother’s house at Pallabi in the city’s Mirpur area, Qurankhawani will be held at Nuhash Palli of Gazipur after Johr prayers.
Born in November 13 1948 in Mymensingh, Humayun Ahmed died on July 19, 2012 at Bellevue Hospital, New York, at the age of 64 after a nine-month battle against colon cancer, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career of nearly four decades.
His father, Foyzur Rahman Ahmed, a police officer and writer, was killed by Pakistani military force during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. His mother is Ayesha Foyez.
Humayun’s younger brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, a university professor, is also a writer of mostly science fiction genre and a newspaper columnist.
Another brother, Ahsan Habib, is a painter and the editor of Unmad, a cartoon magazine.
Humayun Ahmed was married to Gultekin, granddaughter of Principal Ibrahim Khan, in 1973. The couple got divorced in 2003. He later married his long time affair, a TV actress, Meher Afroz Shaon; who was friend of his 2nd daughter, Shila.
The legendary writer had a meteoric rise in Bangla literature, emerged in the Bengali literary world in the early 1970s and over the subsequent decade became the most popular fiction writer of the country.
His first novel, Nondito Noroke had published while he was still a student at the Dhaka University and the novel got very popularity to the thousands of readers of Bangladesh. His second novel, ‘Shankhanil Karagar’ was equally successful novel.
His breakthrough occurred with the help of Ahmed Sofa and the publication of his first novel, Nondito Noroké in 1972.
Humayun Ahmed turned into the most popular writer of Bengali literature of his time. Humayun went on to become one of the most prolific writers in Bengali literature, with around 150 novels to his credit.
He was a good dramatist, drama maker and film maker. His first television drama was Ei Shob Din Ratri, followed by Bohubrihi, Ayomoy, Kothao Keu Nei.
Shonkhonil Karagar is the first film made by him. Later, he also filmed Aguner Parashmoni, Srabon megher din, Dui Duari, Shyamol Chhaya and other notable films. ‘Ghetuputra Kamola’ was the last film directed by Humayun Ahmed.
He was also a former associate professor of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
During his fantastic career, he was awarded with Lekhak Shibir Prize (1973), Bangla Academy Award (1981), Shishu Academy Award, Jainul Abedin Gold Medal, Michael Madhusudan Medal (1987), Bacsas Prize (1988), Humayun Qadir Memorial Prize (1990), National Film Award (Best Story 1993, Best Film 1994, Best Dialogue 1994), Ekushe Podok (1994) and ShellTec Award (2007).
As a writer, Ahmed often displayed a fascination for creating stories around supernatural events; his style is characterized as magic realism.
Different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.
On the occasion, milad mafil will be held at his mother’s house at Pallabi in the city’s Mirpur area, Qurankhawani will be held at Nuhash Palli of Gazipur after Johr prayers.
Born in November 13 1948 in Mymensingh, Humayun Ahmed died on July 19, 2012 at Bellevue Hospital, New York, at the age of 64 after a nine-month battle against colon cancer, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career of nearly four decades.
His father, Foyzur Rahman Ahmed, a police officer and writer, was killed by Pakistani military force during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. His mother is Ayesha Foyez.
Humayun’s younger brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, a university professor, is also a writer of mostly science fiction genre and a newspaper columnist.
Another brother, Ahsan Habib, is a painter and the editor of Unmad, a cartoon magazine.
Humayun Ahmed was married to Gultekin, granddaughter of Principal Ibrahim Khan, in 1973. The couple got divorced in 2003. He later married his long time affair, a TV actress, Meher Afroz Shaon; who was friend of his 2nd daughter, Shila.
The legendary writer had a meteoric rise in Bangla literature, emerged in the Bengali literary world in the early 1970s and over the subsequent decade became the most popular fiction writer of the country.
His first novel, Nondito Noroke had published while he was still a student at the Dhaka University and the novel got very popularity to the thousands of readers of Bangladesh. His second novel, ‘Shankhanil Karagar’ was equally successful novel.
His breakthrough occurred with the help of Ahmed Sofa and the publication of his first novel, Nondito Noroké in 1972.
Humayun Ahmed turned into the most popular writer of Bengali literature of his time. Humayun went on to become one of the most prolific writers in Bengali literature, with around 150 novels to his credit.
He was a good dramatist, drama maker and film maker. His first television drama was Ei Shob Din Ratri, followed by Bohubrihi, Ayomoy, Kothao Keu Nei.
Shonkhonil Karagar is the first film made by him. Later, he also filmed Aguner Parashmoni, Srabon megher din, Dui Duari, Shyamol Chhaya and other notable films. ‘Ghetuputra Kamola’ was the last film directed by Humayun Ahmed.
He was also a former associate professor of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
During his fantastic career, he was awarded with Lekhak Shibir Prize (1973), Bangla Academy Award (1981), Shishu Academy Award, Jainul Abedin Gold Medal, Michael Madhusudan Medal (1987), Bacsas Prize (1988), Humayun Qadir Memorial Prize (1990), National Film Award (Best Story 1993, Best Film 1994, Best Dialogue 1994), Ekushe Podok (1994) and ShellTec Award (2007).
As a writer, Ahmed often displayed a fascination for creating stories around supernatural events; his style is characterized as magic realism.
Source: Banglanews24
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