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{{short description|Bangladeshi writer}}
{{short description|Bangladeshi writer}}
{{infobox officeholder
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| name               = Selina Hossain
| name               = Selina Hossain
| native_name       = সেলিনা হোসেন
| native_name         = সেলিনা হোসেন
| native_name_lang   = bn
| native_name_lang   = bn
| image             = Selina Hossain (2) (cropped).JPG
| image               = Selina Hossain (2) (cropped).JPG
| caption           = Hossain in 2014
| caption             = Hossain in 2014
| office             = President of [[Bangla Academy]]
 
| term_start         = 3 February 2022
| office             = President of [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]]
| predecessor       = [[Rafiqul Islam (educationist)|Rafiqul Islam]]
| term_start         = 3 February 2022
| office1           = Chairperson of [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]]
| term_end            = 17 October 2024
| term_start1       = 23 April 2014
| predecessor         = [[Rafiqul Islam (educationist)|Rafiqul Islam]]
| term_end1         = 2018
| successor          = [[Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq]]
| predecessor1       = Sheikh Abdul Ahad<ref>{{Cite web|title=Selina Hossain named Shishu Academy Chairperson|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/23/selina-hossain-named-shishu-academy-chairperson|access-date=2022-02-18|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref>
 
| successor1         = [[Lucky Enam]]
| office1             = Chairperson of [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]]
| occupation         = Novelist, administrator
| term_start1         = 23 April 2014
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1947|6|14|df=y}}
| term_end1           = 2018
| birth_place       = [[Rajshahi]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| predecessor1       = Sheikh Abdul Ahad<ref>{{Cite web|title=Selina Hossain named Shishu Academy Chairperson|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/23/selina-hossain-named-shishu-academy-chairperson|access-date=2022-02-18|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref>
| nationality       = Bangladeshi
| successor1         = [[Lucky Enam]]
| alma_mater         = [[Rajshahi University]]
 
| education          = MS
| occupation         = Novelist, administrator
| awards             = [[#Awards|full list]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1947|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Rajshahi]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
| nationality         = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater         = [[Rajshahi University]] (MA)
| awards             = ''[[#Awards|full list]]''
}}
}}
'''Selina Hossain''' (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist and the current president of [[Bangla Academy]] since February 2022.<ref name=borguna>{{cite web|url=http://www.barguna.gov.bd/site/page/8699ad11-17a2-11e7-9461-286ed488c766|script-title=bn:বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব|publisher=Bangladesh National Web Portal |language=bn |access-date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527230636/http://www.barguna.gov.bd/site/page/8699ad11-17a2-11e7-9461-286ed488c766|archive-date=2017-05-27}}</ref><ref name=loc>{{cite web|title=Selina Hossain|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/selinahossain.html|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy|url=https://bdnews24.com/arts/2022/02/03/author-selina-hossain-is-appointed-president-of-bangla-academy|access-date=2022-02-18|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> Her major works include ''Hangor Nodi Grenade'' (1976) and ''Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/prominent-writer-selina-hossain-and-hasan-azizul-haque-get-doctor-of-literature-from-rajshahi-university-1542808|title=Selina Hossain, Hasan Azizul to get DLitt|date=2018-03-03|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}}</ref> She earned all major national awards – [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1980, [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2009 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/government-finalised-the-names-16-personalities-nominated-independence-award-2018-1537525|title=16 personalities nominated for Independence Award-2018|date=2018-02-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en}}</ref> Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay.<ref name=unesco/><ref name=songbird>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/selina-hossain-another-year-the-literary-songbird-1239619|title=Selina Hossain Another Year for the Literary Songbird|date=2016-06-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}}</ref> She served as the chairperson of [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]] from 2014 until 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shishuacademy.gov.bd/selina-hossain/ | script-title=bn:চেয়ারম্যান : সেলিনা হোসেন | publisher=Bangladesh Shishu Academy | access-date=19 July 2016|language=bn|trans-title=Chairman : Selina Hossain}}</ref>
'''Selina Hossain''' (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist.<ref name=borguna>{{cite web|url=http://www.barguna.gov.bd/site/page/8699ad11-17a2-11e7-9461-286ed488c766|script-title=bn:বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব|publisher=Bangladesh National Web Portal |language=bn |access-date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527230636/http://www.barguna.gov.bd/site/page/8699ad11-17a2-11e7-9461-286ed488c766|archive-date=2017-05-27}}</ref><ref name=loc>{{cite web|title=Selina Hossain|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/selinahossain.html|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy|url=https://bdnews24.com/arts/2022/02/03/author-selina-hossain-is-appointed-president-of-bangla-academy|access-date=2022-02-18|website=bdnews24.com |last1=Com |first1=Bdnews24 }}</ref> Her major works include ''Hangor Nodi Grenade'' (1976) and ''Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/prominent-writer-selina-hossain-and-hasan-azizul-haque-get-doctor-of-literature-from-rajshahi-university-1542808|title=Selina Hossain, Hasan Azizul to get DLitt|date=2018-03-03|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}}</ref> She earned all major national awards – [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1980, [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2009 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/government-finalised-the-names-16-personalities-nominated-independence-award-2018-1537525|title=16 personalities nominated for Independence Award-2018|date=2018-02-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en}}</ref> Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay.<ref name=unesco/><ref name=songbird>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/selina-hossain-another-year-the-literary-songbird-1239619|title=Selina Hossain Another Year for the Literary Songbird|date=2016-06-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}}</ref> She served as the chairperson of [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]] from 2014 until 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shishuacademy.gov.bd/selina-hossain/ | script-title=bn:চেয়ারম্যান : সেলিনা হোসেন | access-date=19 July 2016 | language=bn | trans-title=Chairman : Selina Hossain | work=Bangladesh Shishu Academy | date=26 November 2015 | archive-date=2 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802202652/http://shishuacademy.gov.bd/selina-hossain/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Selina served as the president of the [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]] from 3 February 2022 until her resignation on 17 October 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bangla Academy Prez Selina resigns|url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/495478 |access-date=2025-01-29 |work=The Daily Observer|date=2024-10-18}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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In 1994–95, Hossain won a scholarship from the [[Ford Foundation]] for her novel, ''Sandhya Gayatri''.<ref name=unesco/>
In 1994–95, Hossain won a scholarship from the [[Ford Foundation]] for her novel, ''Sandhya Gayatri''.<ref name=unesco/>


Hossain retired as the director of the [[Bangla Academy]].<ref name=songbird/> She served as a member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh]] and the representative of her government to the executive board of [[UNESCO]].<ref name=unesco>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dialogue/tagore-neruda-and-cesaire/networks-and-partners/international-sponsoring-committee/selina-hossain/|title=Selina Hossain |publisher= United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref>  In 2014, she was appointed as the Chairman of the [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]].<ref name=songbird/>
Hossain retired as the director of the [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]].<ref name=songbird/> She served as a member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh]] and the representative of her government to the executive board of [[UNESCO]].<ref name=unesco>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dialogue/tagore-neruda-and-cesaire/networks-and-partners/international-sponsoring-committee/selina-hossain/|title=Selina Hossain |publisher= United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|language=en|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref>  In 2014, she was appointed the Chairman of the [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]].<ref name=songbird/>


Hossain's novel ''Bhumi O Kusum'' was the first work in Bangla literature to address [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|the enclave issue]].<ref name=songbird/>
Hossain's novel ''Bhumi O Kusum'' was the first work in Bangla literature to address [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|the enclave issue]].<ref name=songbird/>


==Works (Job)==
==Works==
===Novels===
===Novels===
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# ''Katatare Projapoti'' (1989)
# ''Katatare Projapoti'' (1989)
# ''Khun O Bhalobasha'' (1990)
# ''Khun O Bhalobasha'' (1990)
# ''Kalketu and Fullora'' (1992)
# ''[[Kalketu and Fullora]]'' (1992)
# ''Bhalobasha Pritilota'' (1992)
# ''Bhalobasha Pritilota'' (1992)
# ''Tanaporen'' (1994)
# ''Tanaporen'' (1994)
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# ''Deener Roshite Gittu'' (2007)
# ''Deener Roshite Gittu'' (2007)
# ''Mati O Shossher Bunon'' (2007)
# ''Mati O Shossher Bunon'' (2007)
# ''Purno Chobir Mognota'' (2008) <ref name=conv>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/conversation-selina-hossain-182329|title=In conversation with Selina Hossain|date=2015-12-05|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en}}</ref>
# ''Purno Chobir Mognota'' (2008) <ref name=conv/>
# ''Bhumi O Kushum'' (2010)
# ''Bhumi O Kushum'' (2010)
# ''Jomuna Nodir Mushayra'' (2011)
# ''Jomuna Nodir Mushayra'' (2011)
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[[Category:University of Rajshahi alumni]]

Latest revision as of 09:22, 22 March 2026


Selina Hossain
সেলিনা হোসেন
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Hossain in 2014
President of Bangla Academy
In office
3 February 2022 – 17 October 2024
Preceded byRafiqul Islam
Succeeded byAbul Kashem Fazlul Haq
Chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy
In office
23 April 2014 – 2018
Preceded bySheikh Abdul Ahad[1]
Succeeded byLucky Enam
Personal details
Born (1947-06-14) 14 June 1947 (age 79)
Rajshahi, Bengal Province, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materRajshahi University (MA)
OccupationNovelist, administrator
Awardsfull list

Selina Hossain (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist.[2][3][4] Her major works include Hangor Nodi Grenade (1976) and Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti (1996).[5] She earned all major national awards – Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980, Ekushey Padak in 2009 and Independence Day Award in 2018.[6] Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay.[7][8] She served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy from 2014 until 2018.[9] Selina served as the president of the Bangla Academy from 3 February 2022 until her resignation on 17 October 2024.[10]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Hossain was born to A. K. Mosharrof Hossain and Mariamennesa Bakul.[2] She earned MA degree in Bengali language and literature from Rajshahi University in 1968.[2]

Career[edit | edit source]

In 1994–95, Hossain won a scholarship from the Ford Foundation for her novel, Sandhya Gayatri.[7]

Hossain retired as the director of the Bangla Academy.[8] She served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh and the representative of her government to the executive board of UNESCO.[7] In 2014, she was appointed the Chairman of the Bangladesh Shishu Academy.[8]

Hossain's novel Bhumi O Kusum was the first work in Bangla literature to address the enclave issue.[8]

Works[edit | edit source]

Novels[edit | edit source]

  1. Josnay Shurjo Jala (1973)
  2. Jolochchhas (1972)
  3. Hangor Nodi Grenade (1976)
  4. Magna Caitanye Shis (1979)
  5. Japito Jibon (1981) [11]
  6. Podoshobdo (1982)
  7. Neel Moyurer Joubon (1983)
  8. Chand Bene (1984)
  9. Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti (1986) [3]
  10. Nirontor Ghontadhoni (1987)
  11. Ksharan (1988)
  12. Katatare Projapoti (1989)
  13. Khun O Bhalobasha (1990)
  14. Kalketu and Fullora (1992)
  15. Bhalobasha Pritilota (1992)
  16. Tanaporen (1994)
  17. Gayetree Shondha (1996)
  18. Dipannita (1997)
  19. Joddha (1998)
  20. Kaktarua (1999)
  21. Lara (2000)
  22. Kathkoylar Chhobi (2001)
  23. Mohinir Biye (2002)
  24. Anobic Andhar (2003)
  25. Ghumkature Ishwar (2004)
  26. Morger Neelpakhi (2005)
  27. Opekkha (2007)
  28. Deener Roshite Gittu (2007)
  29. Mati O Shossher Bunon (2007)
  30. Purno Chobir Mognota (2008) [11]
  31. Bhumi O Kushum (2010)
  32. Jomuna Nodir Mushayra (2011)
  33. Gachhtir Chhaya Nai (2012)
  34. Shonali Dumur (2012)
  35. August-er Ak Raat (2013)
  36. Guerilla O Beerangona (2014)
  37. Dinkaler Kathkhor (2015)

Stories[edit | edit source]

  • Utso Theke Nirontor (1969)
  • Jolobotee Megher Batash (1975)
  • Khol Korotal (1982)
  • Porojonmo (1986)
  • Manushti (1993)
  • Motijaner Meyera (1995)
  • Onura Purnima (2008)
  • Sokhinar Chondrakola (2008)
  • Ekaler Pantaburi (2008)
  • Obelar Dinkhon (2009)
  • Narir Rupkotha (2009)
  • Nunpantar Goragori (2014)
  • Mrityur Nilpadma (2015)

Awards[edit | edit source]

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Selina Hossain with Sitakanta Mahapatra, Suman Pokhrel and other recipients of SAARC Literary Award - 2015

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Selina Hossain named Shishu Academy Chairperson". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব (in Bengali). Bangladesh National Web Portal. Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Selina Hossain". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Com, Bdnews24. "Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Selina Hossain, Hasan Azizul to get DLitt". The Daily Star. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. ↑ "16 personalities nominated for Independence Award-2018". The Daily Star. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Selina Hossain". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Selina Hossain Another Year for the Literary Songbird". The Daily Star. 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  9. ↑ চেয়ারম্যান : সেলিনা হোসেন [Chairman : Selina Hossain]. Bangladesh Shishu Academy (in Bengali). 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bangla Academy Prez Selina resigns". The Daily Observer. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "In conversation with Selina Hossain". The Daily Star. 2015-12-05. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  12. ↑ "Premchand Fellowship Winners". Sahitya Akademi of India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award". The Daily Star. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-20.

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