About Shaheen Akhtar
Shaheen Akhtar is a notable Bangladeshi short story writer and novelist. Her novel Talaash (translated into English by Ella Dutta as The Search and published by Zubaan, Delhi, in 2011) won the Asian Literary Award in 2020 and the Prothom Alo Best Book Award in 2004. Another novel, Shokhi Rongomala (Beloved Rongomala), originally published in translation (translator, Shabnam Nadiya) by Bengal Lights in 2018, was to be published by Westland in 2022. Her short stories have appeared in Words without Borders and other prestigious literary magazines; ‘Chander Pahar’ translated into English by Kabita Chakma as ‘The Moon Mountain’ appeared in Out of Print. Akhtar’s works have been translated into English, German, and Korean. In 2015, Akhtar received the Bangla Academy Literary Award, the highest national award for literature in Bangladesh.The Story of a Moonlit Night
2024-05-23T12:15:14+00:00By Shaheen Akhtar|
Déjà Vu
2024-05-23T12:18:53+00:00By Shaheen Akhtar|