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{{infobox person
|name=Sayeed Ahmed
|native_name=সাঈদ আহমদ
|native_name_lang=bn
|image= Sayeed Ahmed.jpg
|birth_date={{birth date|1931|1|1|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2010|1|21|1931|1|1|df=y}}
|death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh
|occupation=Playwright
|relatives={{ubl|Nazir Ahmed (brother)|[[Hamidur Rahman (artist)|Hamidur Rahman]] (brother)}}
|father=Mirza F Mohammad
|alma_mater={{ubl|[[University of Dhaka]]|[[Dhaka Collegiate School]]}}
}}

'''Sayeed Ahmed''' (1 January 1931 – 21 January 2010) was a Bangladeshi dramatist, playwright, writer and sitar player.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-122919|title=Playwright Sayeed Ahmed no more|date=2010-01-22|access-date=2020-08-20|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was awarded [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1974 and [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2010 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-126674|title=15 named for Ekushey Padak-2010|date=2010-02-17|access-date=2020-08-20|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==Background==
Ahmed was born on 1 January 1931 at Islampur in [[Old Dhaka]] in the-then [[Bengal Presidency]] in [[British India]].<ref name=second>{{Cite web|date=2012-01-22|title=Sayeed Ahmed's second death anniversary observed|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-219295|access-date=2020-08-21|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> His mother was Jamila Khatun.<ref name=borenyo/> His father, Mirza F Mohammad, was the owner of a commercial theatre, Lion Theatre, at Islampur.<ref name=versatile>{{Cite web|title=A Versatile Cultural Icon|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/01/05/tribute.htm|access-date=2020-08-21|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2010-01-05|author=Ershad Kamol}}</ref> Ahmed had three elder brothers – Nasir Ahmed, radio personality and journalist [[Nazir Ahmed (filmmaker)|Nazir Ahmed]] and painter [[Hamidur Rahman (artist)|Hamidur Rahman]].<ref name=versatile/> Ahmed studied at [[Dhaka Collegiate School]].<ref name=versatile/> He completed his bachelor's in international studies from the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=borenyo/> He later studied for his master's at the [[London School of Economics]] in 1954.<ref name=versatile/> In 1956, Ahmed moved back to [[Lahore]] and joined the public service.<ref name=versatile/>

==Career==
Ahmed, along with [[Shamsur Rahman (poet)|Shamsur Rahman]] and [[Hasan Hafizur Rahman]], compose and wrote radio plays in the early 1950s.<ref name=versatile/> He played [[sitar]] in [[BBC]] and acted on stage in London and New York.<ref name=versatile/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-01-21|title=First Death Anniversary of Sayeed Ahmed Today|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-170831|access-date=2020-08-21|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He was the sitarist during the Europe tour of [[Uday Shankar]].<ref name=versatile/>

Ahmed served as the secretary of [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Youth and Sports]] and the director general of [[Bangladesh Television]].<ref name=versatile/> He served as guest lecturer in [[Georgetown University]], and other academies in Brazil, China, France, Germany, The Netherlands, India, Japan, Malaysia and Russia.<ref name=versatile/>

==Personal life==
Ahmed was married to Parvin Ahmed.<ref name=borenyo>{{cite news|url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-01-22/news/36714|script-title=bn:বরেণ্য নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব সাঈদ আহমদ আর নেই|date=2010-01-22|access-date=2020-08-20|newspaper=Prothom Alo|language=bn-BD}}</ref> He had two brothers - journalist Nazir Ahmed and sculptor [[Hamidur Rahman (artist)|Hamidur Rahman]].<ref name=icon>{{Cite news |date=2010-01-22|title=Sayeed Ahmed: A cultural icon|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-122865|access-date=2020-08-21|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Kalbela'' (originally written as ''The Thing'' in English; 1962)<ref name=versatile/>
* ''Milepost'' (1965)
* ''Trishnay'' (1968)
* ''Ek Din Protidin'' (1974)
* ''Shesh Nawab'' (1988)

Ahmed's plays was translated into French, German, Italian, Urdu and Punjabi and were staged by different troupes in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and United States.<ref name=versatile/> He created "Bishwa Natok", a program in Bangladesh Television, where he introduced and directed plays of international fame.<ref name=world/>

==Awards==
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1974)
* [[Legion of Honour]] from the French Government (1993)<ref name=icon/>
* Shilpakala Academy Award (2007)<ref name=world>{{Cite news |date=2007-11-04|title=Sayeed Ahmad: An icon in the world of drama|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-10127|access-date=2020-08-21|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2010)

==References==
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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Sitar players]]
[[Category:Writers from Dhaka]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]

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