Numair Atif Choudhury

Razia Sultana Khan (Independent University Bangladesh)

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born 4 Nov 1974
Died 9 Sep 2018
Activity c. 2003-2018

Places

Born in Bangladesh
Active in Bangladesh

Activities

Primary

Prose writer

Other

Poet

Resources

Choudhury's Works

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Numair Atif Choudhury (1974-2018), fiction-writer and poet, is best known for his debut novel Babu Bangladesh!, published posthumously in 2019. He was born in Dhaka on 4 November 1974 to Nizam Choudhury, an airline pilot, and Lubna Choudhury, a literature teacher. In 1983 Lubna Choudhury founded Bangladesh International Tutorial (BIT), which is now one of the top private schools in Bangladesh, offering O and A Levels. Choudhury got his primary and secondary education from this school.

After completing his A Levels, Choudhury enrolled in the Creative Writing Program at Oberlin College, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1997 with a Minor in International Relations. He was one of the first Bangladeshis to enroll in a Creative Writing Program. In 1999, he enrolled in the University of East

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Citation: Sultana Khan, Razia. "Numair Atif Choudhury". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 September 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14651, accessed 21 November 2024.]