Shahadat Hussain was a Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and writer. He was born in Chabbish Paragana in West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

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. He is also considered as 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...

i poet.

Biography

In 1915, Hussain entered in the writing world in Bani Sommiloni. In 1931, he said something in a Ein Omanno Andolon, a movement against British government at Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 and was sent to prison for three months.

His works

Hussain was a poet, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Rabindranath’s influence was on him.

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali Literature

Bengali literature

Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...

 in 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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Novels

• Morur Kusum
• Hiron Rekha
• Parer Pothe
• Kheyatori
• Sonar Kakon
• Rikto
• Juger Alo
• Pother Dekha
• KataFul
• Shiri Farhad (a famous work)
• Laili Majnu (a famous work)
• Yousuf Julaykha (a famous work)

For Children

• Mohon Vog
• Cheleder Golpo
• Gulbadan
• Jahanara

Reference: Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national text book of intermediate level of 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...

published in 1996 by all educational boards.