Humayun Ahmed

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Humayun Ahmed was a prolific and hugely popular Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, and filmmaker whose novels and television dramas reshaped modern Bengali popular culture.

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instanceOf Bangladeshi writer
dramatist
film director
novelist
person
playwright
professor
screenwriter
activeYearsEnd 2012
activeYearsStart 1970
awardReceived Bangla Academy Literary Award
Ekushey Padak
causeOfDeath colorectal cancer
countryOfCitizenship People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
dateOfBirth 1948-11-13
dateOfDeath 2012-07-19
educatedAt North Dakota State University
University of Dhaka
employer University of Dhaka
father Faizur Rahman Ahmed
fieldOfStudy chemistry
genre children's literature
drama
fiction
science fiction
influenced modern Bengali popular culture
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
mother Ayesha Foyez
movement Bangladeshi literature
name Humayun Ahmed self-link
nativeName Humayun Ahmed self-linksurface differs
surface form: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ
notableCharacterCreated Baker Bhai
Himu
Misir Ali
notableWork Aaj Robibar
Aguner Poroshmoni
Dui Duari
Himu series
Kothao Keu Nei
Misir Ali series
Nondito Noroke
Shonkhonil Karagar
Srabon Megher Din
occupation dramatist
film director
novelist
playwright
professor
screenwriter
writer
placeOfBirth Dominion of Pakistan
Eastern Bengal
surface form: East Bengal

Netrokona District
placeOfDeath New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
religion Islam
sibling Ahsan Habib
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
spouse Gultekin Khan
Meher Afroz Shaon

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Bengali literature hasNotableAuthor Humayun Ahmed
Humayun Ahmed name Humayun Ahmed self-link
Humayun Ahmed nativeName Humayun Ahmed self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ