Humayun Ahmmed: He is considered as one of the best writers after the independence of Bangladesh. He is the father of a new style of dialogue in Bengali fiction. On the other hand, he is the pioneer of modern Bengali science fiction. He is also acclaimed as a drama and film director. The number of his published books is more than three hundred. Some of his books have been translated into many languages of the world, some of them are included in the school-college university curriculum. |
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After graduating from Dhaka College, he studied Chemistry at Dhaka University and Polymer Chemistry at North Dakota State University. He worked for a long time as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Dhaka University. He later left teaching for the sake of writing and filmmaking.
It is known from his autobiography and memoirs that Humayun Ahmed was named Shamsur Rahman as a child; Nickname Kajal. His father (Faizur Rahman) named his son Shamsur Rahman after his own name. Later he changed the name of his son to Humayun Ahmed. In the words of Humayun Ahmed, his father liked to change the names of his sons and daughters. His younger brother Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was earlier named Babul and younger sister Sufia was named Shefali. While in Chittagong in 1972-74, Humayun Ahmed's name was Bachchu.
Since his father had been in different parts of the country for employment, Humayun Ahmed had got the opportunity to study in different schools of the country. He started his formal education in 1955 at Kishori Mohan Pathshala (now Kishori Mohan (Boys) Government Primary School) in Sylhet. He studied there till 1959. He was admitted to Bogra Zilla School in 1983 in the ninth class. He passed the matriculation examination from this school in 1965 and secured the second position in the Rajshahi Board of Education. He studied Chemistry at Dhaka University and obtained his BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in the first class.
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Though Humayun Ahmmed had read a lot many books, he did not read his text book like others. When he was in class eight, he had a disease called chickenpox. That time there was a system of scholarship exam in class eight. So his father went to the headteacher of his school to request him to arrange a sick-bed in the exam hall for Humayun Ahmmed. Become angry the headteacher said, " Are your son nodia's moon? why should I arrange this?" Humayun's father came back sadly. Somehow Humayun heard the news and that had made him very curious to read sincerely. He started reading hardly. And he had hold the second place of his board in secondary board exam.
Let's look at some quotes of Humayun Ahmmed
False is the mantra of Satan's marriage. Lying is the marriage of the devil. Being married means having children. This is why many more lies have to be told after one lie. The next lies are the children of Satan.
"Laughter is not always the cause of happiness, sometimes it is the cause of how much pain you can hide."
I It is very important to watch the sunrise. This scene teaches people to think. Makes the mind bigger.
Mother is the only bank in the world,
Where we have all our sorrows,
I keep the pain and there is no unconditional love in return
No one likes ideal people.
The ideal man is like distilled water - tasteless.
Society prefers non-ideal people.
Not distilled water - sweet but spicy like Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
There is nothing like the joy of survival.
What a wonderful view all around. We never see it with the mind.
When the time is up, only the heart is filled with wailing.
What a wonderful view all around. We never see it with the mind.
When the time is up, only the heart is filled with wailing.
Life is not easy, nor is it complicated - life is like life.
We make it easy and complicated.
The way to truly know a man is to know his dream
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