Akhtar Hossain (born 1 November 1945) is a

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

i children's literature writer. He was awarded the

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award (; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar'') is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bengali language and literature. ...

and the

Agrani Bank Shishu Academy Children's Literature Award Agrani Bank Shishu Academy Children's Literature Award is a prize for writers working on children's literature, which is provided by the Bangladesh Shishu Academy. In 1981, Agrani Bank and Children's Literature Award was instituted. It was named ...

in 2012, for his contributions to children's literature.

Early life

Akhtar Hossain was born in Nurullapur village of

Lalpur Upazila Lalpur Upazila () is an upazila of Natore District, located the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. History According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, all of ancient Natore was beel (wetland) with the exception of Lalpur. The Aryan migrations t ...

Natore District Natore district () is a district in Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi and used to be a part of Rajshahi District. History Natore was the district headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to ...

. His father's name was T.I.M. Sikandar, and his mother was Ayesha Khatun.

Awards

(2012) *

Kabir Chowdhury Children's Literature Award Kabir ( 15th century) was a well-known Indian devotional mystic poet and sant. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Gar ...

(2015)

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{{Commons category 1945 births Bangladeshi male writers Living people Recipients of Bangla Academy Award in Children's Literature Bangladeshi children's writers Bengali writers People from Natore District