Humayun Ahmed: A mesmerising storyteller
Sunday, 22 July 2012
I, with the rest of the nation, was in a state of shock when I first heard the news of the demise of popular writer Humayun Ahmed, because I had a notion that he was on the road to recovery and also was eager to get back home. But fate had other plans.
Humayun Ahmed, 64, died while undergoing treatment for cancer at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital in New York on July 19. A former associate professor of Chemistry of Dhaka University, Humayun came into prominence after the publication of his first novel, Nondito Noroke, in 1974. He had many sterling qualities, he was a writer, a film director and a dramatist. He had left his deep mark in every field he had worked on. He emerged in the Bengali literary world in the early 1970s and over the subsequent decade became the most popular and unparallel fiction writer of the country.
He has been enjoying a huge fan following among Bangla language readers all over the world. His writings have been mesmerising his fans for last three decades and I am sure that it will continue to spell magic on the future readers. Surely, his influence will remain forever in Bangla literature and in the minds of the readers.
Mohammad Sohel Hara
Shahjadpur, Dhaka
sohelhara@yahoo.com
Humayun Ahmed, 64, died while undergoing treatment for cancer at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital in New York on July 19. A former associate professor of Chemistry of Dhaka University, Humayun came into prominence after the publication of his first novel, Nondito Noroke, in 1974. He had many sterling qualities, he was a writer, a film director and a dramatist. He had left his deep mark in every field he had worked on. He emerged in the Bengali literary world in the early 1970s and over the subsequent decade became the most popular and unparallel fiction writer of the country.
He has been enjoying a huge fan following among Bangla language readers all over the world. His writings have been mesmerising his fans for last three decades and I am sure that it will continue to spell magic on the future readers. Surely, his influence will remain forever in Bangla literature and in the minds of the readers.
Mohammad Sohel Hara
Shahjadpur, Dhaka
sohelhara@yahoo.com