1. Humayun Ahmed's breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972.
13 Facts About Humayun Ahmed
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Humayun Ahmed was one of the most influential dramatist in Bangladesh during the 1990s, when he wrote the most popular soap operas.
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Humayun Ahmed's books have been the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during every year of the 1990s and 2000s.
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Humayun Ahmed won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and the Ekushey Padak in 1994 for his contribution to the Bengali literature.
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Humayun Ahmed was born on 13 November 1948, in the Moulvi Bari of Kutubpur in Netrokona mahakuma, which was then a part of the Mymensingh district of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan.
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Humayun Ahmed's father, Faizur Rahman Ahmed, was a sub-divisional police officer in Pirojpur District and was killed in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Humayun Ahmed passed the SSC examination from Bogra Zilla School in 1965.
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Humayun Ahmed wrote his debut novel Nondito Noroke during the 1971 Bangladesh independence war while he was a university student.
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In 2009, Humayun Ahmed appeared as one of two judges for the reality television music competition show Khude Gaanraj.
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Humayun Ahmed then married actress Meher Afroz Shaon in 2004.
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On 12 May 2012, Humayun Ahmed returned to Bangladesh for two weeks.
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Humayun Ahmed died on 19 July 2012, at 11:20pm BST at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
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In 1987, Humayun Ahmed founded an estate, Nuhash Palli, named after his son Nuhash, near Pirujali village, 25 km from Gazipur City, in Gazipur District, which grew to cover 40 bigha.