Shahid Akhand

Akhand was born on 21 January 1935 in Mymensingh district. He completed a master's degree in Bengali at Dhaka University in 1959.^[1]

He began writing in the second decade after the Partition of Bengal (1947).^[2] His novel Panna Holo Sobuj depicted urban middle-class life.^[2][3]

In 1978, he won a Bangla Academy Literary Award for a short story.^[4] In 2008, a play adapted from his novel Bhetorer Manush was screened on Bangladesh Television.^[5]

He lives in Bangladesh, and has been blind for a few years. He has three daughters and a son.^{[citation needed]}

• Panna Holo Sobuj (Emerald Green, 1964)
• Pakhir Gaan Boner Chhaya (Bird Songs Forest Shades, 1970)
• Dudondo Shanti (Moments of Peace, 1971)
• Ekoda Ek Bosonte (Once in Spring Time, 1984)
• Shei Pakhi (That Bird 1986)
• Apon Sourav (Own Fragrance 1986)
• Kokhon Ke Jane (Who Knows When, 1995)
• Bhetorer Manush