Husne Ara Shahed ( bn, হোসনে আরা শাহেদ) was a

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author and educationist.

Biography

She was former principal of

Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...

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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 Gono University or Gono Bishwabidyalay ('' bn, গণ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়'', abbreviated as GB) is a private university in Savar, Bangladesh which was established on 14 July 1994. It is now operating their academic and admi ...

Bibliography

Books

Her story ''Sarojinir Chhabi'' is taught as a text in Department of Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies (Bengali),

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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

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.

References

External links

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Books of Husne Ara Shahed
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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 {{Bangladesh-writer-stub