Shahidul Zahir

Shahidul Zahir (Bengali: শহীদুল জহির; born as Mohammad Shaheedul Haque, 11 September 1953 – 23 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer, and government bureaucrat. He is known for his unique practice of magical realism in modern Bengali literature. His novels and short stories have been noted for their originality of language and narrative technique. He contributed to Bengali fiction a distinct style, known as the "Shahidul Zahiriya".

He published four novels and three story collections. Abu Ibrahimer Mirtu (Abu Ibrahim's Death, 2009) is one of his notable novels, which won the Prothom Alo Book of the Year 1415 award in 2010. Also, the novels Jibon O Rajnaitik Bastobota (Life and Political Reality, 1988), Se Ratey Purnima Chilo (That Night Was the Full Moon, 1995), and Mukher Dike Dekhi (Looking to the Face, 2006) are considered to be his major contributions to Bengali literature. He has added a new dimension to Bengali short stories. His notable collections of stories are Parapar (Crossing, 1985), Dumur-kheko Manush O Annanya Galpo (Fig-Eating People and Other Stories, 1999), and Dolu Nadir Hawa O Annanya Galpo (The Wind of the Dolu River and Other Stories, 2004).

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