Moinul Ahsan Saber (born 26 May 1958) is a Bangladeshi fiction writer. He is the executive editor of weekly magazine Saptahik 2000, published from

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

. He also heads ''Dibya Prokash'', a progressive publishing house in Bangladesh. He was awarded

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 ...

in 1996. For his contribution to Bengali language and literature, the Bangladesh government awarded him the Ekushey Padak, the country's second highest civilian honor in 2019.

Early life and career

Saber's father,

Ahsan Habib Ahsan Habib (2 January 1917 – 10 July 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture. He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur. Before the India-Pakistan partition, he worked on several literary magazines: ' ...

, was a poet. Saber emerged as a writer and got breakthrough with the publication of his first novel ''Porasto Sahish'' in 1982.

Works

Books

* ''Porasto Sahish'' (The Defeated Horse-Keeper), 1982 * ''Aadmer Jonye Opeksha'' (Waiting for Adam), 1986 * ''Pathor Somoy'' (Frozen Time), 1989 * ''Char Torun Toruni'' (Four Teenage Boys and Girls), 1990 * ''Manush Jekhane Jai Na'' (Where Man Doesn't Go), 1990 * ''Dharabahik Kahini'' (A Continuous Story), 1992 * ''Opeksha'' (Waiting), 1992 * ''Tumi Amake Niye Jabe'' (You Will Take Me), 1993 * ''Kobej Lethel'' (Kobej, the Ruffian), 1993 * ''Prem O Protishodh'' (Love and Revenge), 1993 * ''Songshar Japon'' (Family Life), 1997

Television drama

* Pathor Somoy,

Bangladesh Television Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East ...

Film

* ''Liliputera Ber Hobe'' (screenplay based on

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

)

References

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Prem By Moinul Ahsan Saber
1958 births Living people Bangladeshi male novelists Bengali-language science fiction writers Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Recipients of the Ekushey Padak {{Bangladesh-writer-stub