Akhteruzzaman Elias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Akhteruzzaman Elias

Bangladeshi writer

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1943

Place of Birth: Gaibandha District, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1997

Profession: writer, author

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Akhteruzzaman Elias (12 February 1943 – 4 January 1997) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.
Despite writing only two novels, critics place Elias "in the pantheon of great Bengali novelists".
Elias "emerged as a powerful short-story writer" in 1960s, and published his first novel, Chile Kotar Sepai in 1987 and his second and last Khowabnama in 1996 shortly before his death on 4 January 1997.