Farida Hossain (born 19 January 1945) is a Bangladeshi writer, playwright, editor, director, and translator.[1]

Hossain was born on 19 January 1945, in Kolkata, India, one of five siblings.[1] Her father was a lawyer who worked with the International Labour Organization.[2] She later moved with her family to Bangladesh, living in Chittagong, then Narayanganj, and finally settling in Dhaka.[2]

She began her career as a writer with a stage adaptation of Snow White in the Bangla language, which received a local award.[1] Following this she was invited to work with Radio Pakistan, where she wrote, and performed stories, poems, and plays written by herself and others.[1] While continuing to perform and write for radio, she published over 60 books during her career, including translations, novels, poetry, and plays.[1]

She also wrote and directed several short films for children, which were broadcast in Bangladesh.[2]

In 2004, she won the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's second highest civilian honor, for her contributions to literature.[3] She served as the president of the PEN Bangladesh Centre from 2003 and 2018.[4][5] She married Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, with whom she had several children.[2] She also founded a charitable organisation, Anjum Shishu Kollayan (Children's Welfare Foundation), and a literary magazine, Obinosshor.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bari, Sarah Anjum (19 January 2021). "Farida Hossain, Writing with Grace". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bhattacharyya, Ranabir (23 April 2022). আমার সেই মেয়েটিকে নিয়ে গল্প লেখা হয়ে উঠল না: ফরিদা হোসেন. Hindustan Times (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 259". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Puig, Laia (15 July 2021). "Farida Hossain". Unlocking the History of PEN. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "PEN Bangladesh celebrates Bangla New Year". Dhaka Tribune. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "History of the Bangladesh Centre". Unlocking the History of PEN. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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