Afsan Chowdhury | |
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Born | February 16, 1952 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Researcher, columnist |
Awards | Bangla Academy Literary Award (2018) |
Afsan Chowdhury (born 16 February 1952) is a Bangladeshi liberation war researcher, columnist and journalist. He received Bangla Academy Award in the year 2018 for his contribution to the liberation war literature. [1]
Chowdhury was born on 16 February 1952 in Dhaka. [2] After completing his higher education from the Department of History in Dhaka University, he started his career in journalism. During his career as a journalist, he served as an editor for Dhaka Courier, contributed to The Daily Star and also produced a number of BBC World Service series. [3] He was also one of the founder Promoter of United News of Bangladesh, one of the country's leading news agencies. [3] He is a teacher of BRAC University and runs the Diversity Studies Cluster there. [4]