Humayun Ahmed: Life, Work and Influences

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Humayun Ahmed: Life, Work and Influences Humayun Ahmed, author of 200 books, single-handedly changed the course of Bangladeshi literature through his prolific writing. Professor Humayun Ahmed, who earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, and who was one-third scientist, one-third writer, and one-third filmmaker, died at 64 on 19 July in the United States after a nearly year-long battle against colon cancer. Every Bengali heart has grown heavier and heavier since his death. This report reflects incidents of his life, both personal and public, his achievements and accomplishments and overall influence on generations of Bengali youth. Humayun’s life Humayun may be regarded as one of the world's most important writers, but despite his innumerable professional successes,he found it difficult to maintain a harmonious love life with his first wife, much like Albert Einstein. In fact, so pragmatic was Humayun's approach to love, that when he found that his 32-year marriage to Gultekin was floundering, he filed for divorce in 2005. He married Meher Afroz Shaon shortly after. Many people have tried to understand Humayun's cruel behavior through the poems of Nazrul: "I am disorderly and lawless, I trample under my feet all rules and discipline! I dance at my own pleasure; I am the unfettered joy of life." Did Nazrul's poem justify Humayun's ruthless behavior? The answer can be found in the poetry of Persian poet Rumi, who claimed that no one is a saint by saying "If you are a saint, you do not belong to the human race" Rumi also wrote: "Good and bad are mixed. If you do not have both You do not belong with us" People love Humayun so much because he was so human. Humayun’s work Humayun Ahmed was a powerful writer, one whose fiction sold endlessly. He was a custodian of the Bangladeshi literary culture whose contribution single-handedly shifted the capital of Bengali
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