قراءة لمدة 1 دقيقة Shahidul Zahir

Shahidul Zahir (; born as Mohammad Shaheedul Haque, 11 September 1953 – 23 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer and government bureaucrat.

He originally joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1981 and began writing at the age of twenty-one.
His first published in 1985 was a short story collection.

He was best known for his novels "Jibon O Rajnaitik Bastobota" (1988) and "Abu Ibrahimer Mirtu" (2009).
His books were mainly about human love, solitude, magic realism, realism, and politics.

Zahir received the Alaol Literary Award and the Kagoz Literary Award in 2004 for his contribution to literature during his lifetime.

His last novella was published posthumously in 2009.
He retired in March 2008 because of acute myocardial infarction.
He was a confirmed bachelor and was often questioned on this.