Sadat Hossain (born 21 May 1984) is a Bangladeshi author, poet, screenwriter, film-maker and novelist. He described himself as a storyteller. He is one of the most popular contemporary writers among Bengali readers.

Early life and education

Sadat Hossain was born In Kalkini, Madaripur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He studied anthropology at

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Career

He was a photojournalist in a newspaper. Then the editor told him that he should write the story of those photos. Eventually, with these he published his first book in 2013 named ''Golpochobi''. Then, he started to write the short stories. In 2014 ''Janalar Opashe'' published. In 2015 ''Aarshinagor'' is the first book when people recognize him in 2015. Besides writing he has interest in filmmaking as well. He has a production house named ‘ASH’ Production house, released a number of visual contents like short films, dramas, music videos, documentaries etc. His novels imbued with vague

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are often long, and melodramatic. A feature-length musical film named ' Gohiner Gaan' written and directed by him. According to the largest online bookstore in Bangladesh, Rokomari.com, he is the bestselling fiction writer at

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for the last few years. He is also one of the best selling writer in Bangladesh Book Fair in

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. He regularly writes short stories for newspaper, magazine in Bangladesh & India.

Books

Novels

*''Amar ar Kothao Jaoyar Nei'' (''আমার আর কোথাও যাওয়ার নেই'') (2014) *''Aarshinagor'' (''আরশিনগর'') (2015) *''Andarmahal'' (''অন্দরমহল'') (2016) *''Manabjanam'' (''মানবজনম'') (2017) *''Nisongo Nokkhotro'' (''নিঃসঙ্গ নক্ষত্র'') (2018) *''Nirbashon'' (''নির্বাসন'') (2019) *''Ardhobrotto'' (''অর্ধবৃত্ত'') (2020) *''Megheder Din'' (''মেঘেদের ‍দিন'') (2019) *''Tomar Name Sondhya Name'' (''তোমার নামে সন্ধ্যা নামে'') (2020) *''Shesh Oddhay Nei'' (''শেষ অধ্যায় নেই'') (2020) *''Chadmabesh'' (''ছদ্মবেশ'') (2020) *''Moronattom'' (''মরণোত্তম'') (2020) *''Smritygondha'' (''স্মৃতিগন্ধা'') (2021) *''Biva O Bivrom'' (''বিভা ও বিভ্রম'') (2021) *''Se Ekhane Nei'' (''সে এখানে নেই'') (2021) *''Iti Smritygondha'' (''ইতি স্মৃতিগন্ধা'') (2022) *''Priyotomo Osukh Se'' (''প্রিয়তম অসুখ সে'') (2022)

Story

*''Golpochobi'' (''গল্পছবি'') (2012) *''Janalar Opashe'' (''জানালার ওপাশে'') (2013)

Poetry

*''Jete Chaile Jeo'' (''যেতে চাইলে যেও'') (2015) *''Ami Ekdin Nikhoj Hobo'' (''আমি একদিন নিখোঁজ হবো'') (2017) *''Kajol Choker Meye'' (''কাজল চোখের মেয়ে'') (2018) *''Tomake Dekhar Osukh'' (''তোমাকে দেখার অসুখ'') (2020) *''Pronoye Tumi Prarthona Hou'' (''প্রণয়ে তুমি প্রার্থনা হও'') (2021)

Films

Feature

* Gohiner Gaan (2019), writing and direction.

Documentary

* ''The Legend Syed Abdul Hadi'', writing and direction.

Shorts

*''Bodh'' *''The Shoes''

Awards

*Best Director, Bangladesh Short and Documentary Film Festival 2016 * Chamber International Award *SBSP-RP Foundation Literature Award * Humayun Ahmed Literary Award 2019 * Cokh Literary Award 1426 *Shuvojon Literary Award 2019 *Marvel of Tomorrow Influencers Award 2021 - Writer *Kali O Kalam Tarun Kabi O Lekhak Puraskar 2021 (Fiction)

References

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