Ahmede Hussain (born 16 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi writer. His ancestors hail from the former Portuguese enclave of Patherghata,

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

in Bangladesh. He was the

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. He edited ''The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words'', an

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from the

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. The book has been greeted with acclaim: "The richness is all, both in terms of the writers brought together and in the quality of the tales that come to you one after the other." As of May 2019, he is working on his first novel. He is also a senior journalist. He was never an in-charge of

's weekly supplement

The Star (Bangladesh) ''The Star'' is a weekly current affairs magazine published as a supplement to '' The Daily Star'', Bangladesh's largest circulated English newspaper. The magazine is increasingly seen to promote liberal, progressive and secular Secularity, al ...

Works

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Blues for Allah, Published from Monash University
* ''The Journal of Contemporary Literature'', an Indian journal, has published Ahmede Hussain and

Tabish Khair Tabish Khair is an Indian English author and associate professor in the Department of English, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His books include ''Babu Fictions'' (2001), ''The Bus Stopped'' (2004), which was shortlisted for the Encore Award (U ...

's conversations on literature, politics and the world today in its Volume 1, No 1 issue.

References

1978 births Living people Bangladeshi male writers Writers from Dhaka People from Chittagong {{Bangladesh-bio-stub