Selina Hossain

Selina Hossain was born on 14 June 1947, in Rajshahi, Bengal Presidency, British India. She is a Bangladeshi novelist and the current president of Bangla Academy since February 2022.

She earned an MA degree in Bengali language and literature from Rajshahi University in 1968. In 1994–95, she won a scholarship from the Ford Foundation for her novel, Sandhya Gayatri.

Her major works include Hangor Nodi Grenade (1976) and Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti (1996). Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish, and Malay. She served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy from 2014 until 2018.

She earned all major national awards – Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980, Ekushey Padak in 2009, and Independence Day Award in 2018.