Humayun Ahmed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Humayun Ahmed

Author, dramatist and film director

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1948

Place of Birth: Netrakona District, Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 19-Jul-2012

Profession: screenwriter, writer, film director, science fiction writer

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Humayun Ahmed ([?umaijun a?med]; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and lecturer.
His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972.
He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, many of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh.
His books were the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s.
He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and the Ekushey Padak in 1994 for his contribution to Bengali literature. In the early 1990s, Ahmed emerged as a filmmaker.
He went on to make a total of eight films - each based on his own novels.
He received six Bangladesh National Film Awards in different categories for the films Daruchini Dwip, Aguner Poroshmoni and Ghetuputra Komola.