Husne Ara Shahed () was a Bangladeshi author and educationist.
Biography She was former principal of Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya in Dhaka.
Ara was married to A. F. Shahed Ali. They have two sons and one daughter. Her son Faheem Hasan Shahed is an academic.
She was a trustee of Gono University.
Bibliography
Books Her story Sarojinir Chhabi is taught as a text in Department of Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies (Bengali), University of Delhi.
Year Title Publisher 1977 চলমান দিন (Ongoing Day) Bangladesh Books International 1978 নিহত আগুন্তুক (Killed outsider) Wari Book Centre 1980 বৈরী সমাজ (Hostile society) Wari Book Centre 1986 গিন্নীর ডাইরি (Diary of housewife) Boighar 1986 জীবন থেকে (From life) Naoroj 1988 ডায়নার ছেলে, সোনাভানের মেয়ে (Son of Daina, Daughter of Sonabhan) Palak স্মৃতিময় ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (Memorable Dhaka University) Dhaka University Alumni Association প্রবন্ধ সংকলন (Collection of essays) Chandrabati Academy 2008 বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষাব্যবস্থা (Education system of Bangladesh) Suchipatra শাড়ি (Sari) Bangla Academy2008 বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (Liberation war of Bangladesh) Suchipatra মরু ঝরনা(Fountain of Desert)
Edited books Dhaka University in the Nineties, Unforgettable Dhaka University, published by Dhaka University Alumni Association, in February 2006. মুক্তিযুদ্ধের শতগল্প (in Bengali) (Hundred stories of Liberation war) published by Globe library in 2001.
Articles and short stories
Awards Shahed received many awards. Award of Bangladesh Lekhika Songho (1998) Special Awards from Dhaka University Philosophy Department Alumni Association (2012)
Death Shahed died on 7 July 2022 in Dhaka.
See also Tahmima Anam List of Muslim writers and poets
References
External links Jibon Theke by Husne Ara Shahed. Books of Husne Ara Shahed in Bengali. Husne Ara Shahed in Google Books