Harishankar Jaladas

Harishankar Jaladas was born on 3 May 1953, is a Bangladeshi novelist. In recognition of his contribution to the Bengali language and literature, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country’s second-highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2019.

Harishankar Jaladas was born on 12 October 1955 in the North Patenga village of Chattogram. His father Yudhisthir Jaladas was a fisherman.

He completed his Secondary education at Patenga High School in 1972 and Higher Secondary education at Chittagong College. In 1982, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chittagong. The topic of his research for the Ph.D. was “River-based Bangla Novels and Fishermen’s Life”. He is currently the principal of Government City College, Chittagong.