What is Shahidul Zahir?
{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> | name = Shahidul Zahir | image = Shahidul Zahir, art by Moheen Reeyad, 2021.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Mohammad Shaheedul Haque | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|3|23|1953|9|11|df=y}} | death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | resting_place = Sahid Buddhijibi Kabarasthan | occupation = {{hlist|Novelist|writer|civil servant}} | language = Bengali, English | nationality = Bangladeshi | ethnicity = | citizenship = {{Unbulleted list |[[Pakistan]]i (1953&ndash;1971) |[[Bangladesh]]i (1971&ndash;2008) }} | education = MA in [[Political science]] | alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list |[[University of Dhaka]] |[[American University]] |[[University of Birmingham]] }} | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = Magical Realism | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[#Awards|See below]] | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Shahidul Zahir''' ({{lang-bn|শহীদুল জহির}}; born as '''Mohammad Shaheedul Haque''', 11 September 1953{{r|NA-68th}} – 23 March 2008) was a [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] novelist, short story writer and government bureaucrat. He originally joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1981 and began writing at the age of twenty-one. His first published in 1985 was a short story collection. He was best known for his novels ''Jibon O Rajnaitik Bastobota'' (1988) and ''Abu Ibrahimer Mirtu'' (2009). His books were mainly about human love, solitude, magic realism, realism, and politics. Zahir received the Alaol Literary Award and the Kagoz Literary Award in 2004 for his contribution to literature during his lifetime. His last novell