Selina Hossain
Selina Hossain is a Bangladeshi novelist. Her major works include Hangor Nodi Grenade and Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti. She earned all major national awards - Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980, Ekushey Padak in 2009 and Independence Day Award in 2018. Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay. She is the present chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy.Early life and education
Hossain was born to A. K. Mosharrof Hossain and Mariamennesa Bakul. She earned MA degree in Bengali language and literature from Rajshahi University in 1968.Career
In 1994-95, Hossain won a scholarship from the Ford Foundation for her novel, Sandhya Gayatri.
Hossain retired as the director of the Bangla Academy. She served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh and the representative of her government to the Executive Board of UNESCO. In 2014, she was appointed as the Chairman of the Bangladesh Shishu Academy.
Hossain's novel Bhumi O Kusum was the first work in Bangla literature to address the enclave issue.Works
Novels
Stories
- Utso Theke Nirontor
- Jolobotee Megher Batash
- Khol Korotal
- Porojonmo
- Manushti
- Motijaner Meyera
- Onura Purnima
- Sokhinar Chondrakola
- Ekaler Pantaburi
- Obelar Dinkhon
- Narir Rupkotha
- Nunpantar Goragori
- Mrityur Nilpadma
Awards
- Dr. Muhammad Enamul Huq Gold Medal
- Bangla Academy Literary Award
- Alaol Literary Award
- Kamar Mushtari Memorial Prize
- Philips Literary Prize
- Alakta Literary Award
- Ekushey Padak
- Rabindra Smriti Puraskar by IIPM. New Delhi
- Chandrabati Academy Gold Medal
- International Award for Doctor of Literature from the Rabindra Bharati University
- Surma Choudhury Memorial Award by IIPM New Delhi
- SAARC Literary Award
- Independence Day Award
