Selina Hossain

Selina Hossain
Selina Hossain
সেলিনা হোসেন
	Hossain in 2014
President of Bangla Academy
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 February 2022
Preceded by	Rafiqul Islam
Chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy
	In office; 23 April 2014 – 2018
Preceded by	Sheikh Abdul Ahad
Succeeded by	Lucky Enam
Personal details
Born	14 June 1947 (age 77); Rajshahi, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	MA
Alma mater	Rajshahi University
Occupation	Novelist, administrator
Awards	full list

Selina Hossain (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist and the current president of Bangla Academy since February 2022.^[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 Hossain named Shishu Academy Chairperson". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব (in Bengali). Bangladesh National Web Portal. Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
^ "Selina Hossain". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "Selina Hossain, Hasan Azizul to get DLitt". The Daily Star. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
^ "16 personalities nominated for Independence Award-2018". The Daily Star. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
^ Cite error: The named reference unesco was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Selina Hossain Another Year for the Literary Songbird". The Daily Star. 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
^ চেয়ারম্যান : সেলিনা হোসেন [Chairman : Selina Hossain] (in Bengali). Bangladesh Shishu Academy. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[1] "Selina Hossain named Shishu Academy Chairperson". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[borguna-2] বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব (in Bengali). Bangladesh National Web Portal. Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

[loc-3] "Selina Hossain". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[4] "Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[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.

[unesco-7] Cite error: The named reference unesco was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[songbird-8] "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] (in Bengali). Bangladesh Shishu Academy. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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