Qazi Mahbub Hussain is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 writer of westerns.

Life

Qazi Mahbub Hussain was the youngest son of National Philosopher Qazi Motahar Hussain. One of the youngest of eleven siblings, Mahbub grew up in an abundance of cultural and literary richness. His father was one of the closest friends to Qazi Nazrul Islam, the Revolutionary Poet. In his younger years, he won the National Tennis Championship.

Writers in his family include Zobaida Mirza, his oldest sister, Sanjida Khatun, 5th sister, Fahmida Khatun, 6th sister as well as his nephews Partho Tanvir Naved, Qazi Maymur Hussain and Qazi Shahnur Hussain.

The singers in his family include his sisters Sanjida Khatun, Fahmida Khatun and Mahmuda Khatun; and Sanjida Khatun's children Partho Tanvir Naved and Apala Farhad Naved. The style of music they specialize in is Rabindra Shangeet, songs written by Rabindranath Thakur (more widely popular as Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...

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As a mining engineer, Mahbub Hussain travelled in many countries. He was in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, the main land of western literature for many years also lived in London for 15 years. Later in life he translated and authored some of the first Western Novels in Bangla with Sheba Prokashoni

Sheba Prokashoni

Sheba Prokashoni is a well-known publishing house in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded by Qazi Anwar Hussain. Sheba's books have enjoyed great popularity among young Bangladeshi readers, and it is particularly notable for its accessible translations of Western literary classics into the Bengali...

, a publication founded by his older brother Qazi Anwar Hussain

Qazi Anwar Hussain

Qazi Anwar Husain is an author, publisher and translator from Bangladesh. He has used pen names like Bidyut Mitra...

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Works

At first he used to a pen name. Later, he wrote `Aleyar Piche', the first western novel of Bangladesh. He also wrote some horror stories, science fictions and translated many other books.

Westerns

• Aleyar Piche
• Patoki
• Roktakto Khamar
• Jolonto Pahar
• Manush Shikar
• Vaggochokro-1
• Vaggochokro-2
• Ar Kotodur
• Badhon
• Rider
• Epith Opith
• Abar Erfan
• Rupantor
• Death City
• Buno Poschim
• Lasor Fash
• Luttoraj
• Apomrittu
• Cowboy
• Gunfight
• Dabanol-1
• Dabanol-2
• Beloroya Poschim
• Chokranto
• King Colt
• Mrittur Mukhe Erfan
• Arizonay Erfan
• Nisthur Paschim
• Roktoranga Trail