Anjir Liton (born 17 June 1965) is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

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and

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. He is the

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of Bangladesh Children's Academy. He won

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

for His Children's Writing in 2020 for his contribution to

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. He is the

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of '' Chorabarshiki'', The largest collection of

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Birth and education

Liton was born on 17 June 1965 in

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district of Bangladesh. He spent his childhood and adolescence there. His first writing was published in ''Dainik Jahan''. He completed his graduation in Political Science from

Rajshahi University The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a public co-educational research university in Bangladesh situated near the northern Bangladeshi cit ...

Working life

In 1992, Liton's first book ''Khara Duto Shing'' (''খাড়া দুটো শিং'') was published. Besides writing children's literature, he has planned and written various programs for television and radio. In 2016, he was appointed as the Director of Bangladesh Shishu Academy for one year on contractual basis. He succeeded Musharraf Hossain in this position.

Awards

* Agrani Bank Children's Literature Award * M Nurul Quader Children's Literature Award * Kusum'r Sera Best Literary Award * Futte Dew Ful Award * Professor Mohammad Khaled Children's Literature Award * Bangla Academy Literature Award for Children's Literature (2020)

References

Living people Bangladeshi poets 1965 births {{Bangladesh-bio-stub