Shahid Akhand

Shahid Akhand (born 21 January 1935) is a Bangladeshi author and novelist of Bengali literature.

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

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

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

He lives in Bangladesh, and has been blind for a few years. He has three daughters and a son.

Novels

 * 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