Husne Ara Shahed

• Name — Husne Ara Shahed • Native Name — হোসনে আরা শাহেদ • Pen Name — Jagory (bn: জাগরী) • Born — 1943 • Birthplace — Village: Joykrishnapur, Maijdee, Noakhali, Bangladesh • Died — 7 July 2022 • Occupation — Writer, columnist, editor, educationist and teacher • Language — Bengali • Citizenship — Bangladesh • Education — MA in Philosophy • Alma Mater — University of Dhaka • Spouse — A. F. Shahed Ali • Children — Two sons (Faheem Hasan Shahed, Feeda Hasan Shahed) & a daughter Farah Deena) Husne Ara Shahed was a Bangladeshi author and educationist.

She was former principal of Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya in Dhaka. Ara was married to A. F. Shahed Ali. They have two sons and one daughter. Her son Faheem Hasan Shahed is an academic. She was a trustee of Gono University.

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Shahed died on 7 July 2022 in Dhaka.

Her story Sarojinir Chhabi is taught as a text in Department of Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies (Bengali), University of Delhi. • Year — Title — Publisher • 1977 — চলমান দিন (Ongoing Day) — Bangladesh Books International • 1978 — নিহত আগুন্তুক (Killed outsider) — Wari Book Centre • 1980 — বৈরী সমাজ (Hostile society) — Wari Book Centre • 1986 — গিন্নীর ডাইরি (Diary of housewife) — Boighar • 1986 — জীবন থেকে (From life) — Naoroj • 1988 — ডায়নার ছেলে, সোনাভানের মেয়ে (Son of Daina, Daughter of Sonabhan) — Palak • স্মৃতিময় ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (Memorable Dhaka University) — Dhaka University Alumni Association • প্রবন্ধ সংকলন (Collection of essays) — Chandrabati Academy • 2008 — বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষাব্যবস্থা (Education system of Bangladesh) — Suchipatra • শাড়ি (Sari) — Bangla Academy • 2008 — বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (Liberation war of Bangladesh) — Suchipatra • মরু ঝরনা(Fountain of Desert)

• Dhaka University in the Nineties, Unforgettable Dhaka University, published by Dhaka University Alumni Association, in February 2006. • মুক্তিযুদ্ধের শতগল্প (in Bengali) (Hundred stories of Liberation war) published by Globe library in 2001.