Sadat Hossain | |
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Native name | সাদাত হোসাইন |
Born | 1984 Madaripur, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Occupation | Writer, poet, filmmaker, screen play |
Language | Bengali |
Alma mater | Jahangirnagar University |
Notable works | Arshinagar Andarmahal Gohiner Gaan |
Sadat Hossain (born 1984) is a Bangladeshi author, poet, screenwriter, film-maker and novelist. [1] [2] [3] He described himself as a storyteller. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Sadat Hossain was born In Kalkini, Madaripur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He studied anthropology at Jahangirnagar University. [8]
He was a photojournalist in a newspaper. Then the editor told him that he should write the story of those photos. Eventually, with these he published his first book in 2013 named Golpochobi. [9] Then, he started to write the short stories. In 2014 Janalar Opashe published. In 2015 Aarshinagor is the first book when people recognize him in 2015. [10] Besides writing he has interest in filmmaking as well. He has a production house named ‘ASH’ Production house, released a number of visual contents like short films, dramas, music videos, documentaries etc. [2] [11] His novels imbued with vague idealism are often long, and melodramatic. [12] A feature-length musical film named ' Gohiner Gaan' written and directed by him. [13] [14] [15]
According to the largest online bookstore in Bangladesh, Rokomari.com, he is the bestselling fiction writer at Ekushey Book Fair for the last few years. [16] [17] [18]
He is also one of the best selling writer in Bangladesh Book Fair in Kolkata, India. [19] [20] [21]
He regularly writes short stories for newspaper, magazine in Bangladesh & India. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]