Shahidullah Kaiser

Journalist

Birthday February 16, 1927

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Bangladesh

DEATH DATE Dec 14, 1971 (44)

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About

A Bangladeshi writer and journalist, he was assassinated along with other intellectuals during the Bangladesh Liberation War. His best-known literary works include Sareng Bau (The Captain's Wife) and Sangshaptak (The Indomitable Soldiers).

Before fame

He earned a degree in economics from Presidency College, Kolkata. He joined the East Pakistani Communist Party in the late 1940s.

Trivia

A key figure in the Bangladesh Language Movement, he won the prestigious Bangla Academy Award in 1962.

Family life

He and his wife, Panna Kaiser, had a daughter named Shomi.

Associated with

He was the brother of novelist and filmmaker Zahir Raihan.