Husne Ara Shahed ( bn, হোসনে আরা শাহেদ) was a
Bangladeshi author and
educationist
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Biography
She was former principal of
Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya in
Dhaka
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Ara was married to A. F. Shahed Ali. They have two sons and one daughter. Her son Faheem Hasan Shahed is an academic.
She was a trustee of
Gono University.
Bibliography
Books
Her story ''Sarojinir Chhabi'' is taught as a text in Department of Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies (Bengali),
University of Delhi
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Edited books
* ''Dhaka University in the Nineties, Unforgettable Dhaka University'', published by Dhaka University Alumni Association, in February 2006.
* ''মুক্তিযুদ্ধের শতগল্প'' (in Bengali) (Hundred stories of Liberation war) published by Globe library in 2001.
Articles and short stories
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Awards
Shahed received many awards.
* Award of Bangladesh Lekhika Songho (1998)
* Special Awards from Dhaka University Philosophy Department Alumni Association (2012)
Death
Shahed died on 7 July 2022 in Dhaka.
See also
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Tahmima Anam
*
List of Muslim writers and poets
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References
External links
Jibon Thekeby Husne Ara Shahed.
Books of Husne Ara Shahedin
Bengali
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Husne Ara Shahedin
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1943 births
2022 deaths
Bangladeshi women novelists
21st-century Bangladeshi women writers
Writers from Dhaka
University of Dhaka alumni
People from Lakshmipur District
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