He was buried in Nuhash Palli, his farm house.In 2011 Ahmed had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He died on 19 July 2012 at 11.20 PM BST at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
In 2011 Ahmed had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. From the second marriage he had two sons - Nishad and Ninit. In 2003 Humayun divorced Gultekin and married Meher Afroj Shaon in 2005. They had three daughters - Nova, Sheela, Bipasha and one son - Nuhash.
In mid 1990s he left the faculty job to devote all his time to writing, playwright and film production. He returned to Bangladesh and resumed his teaching career in Dhaka University.
He grew his interest in Polymer Chemistry and earned his PhD in that subject. Later he attended North Dakota State University for his PhD studies. After six months he joined Dhaka University as a faculty of the Department of Chemistry. Upon graduation Ahmed joined Bangladesh Agricultural University as a lecturer. He studied Chemistry in Dhaka University and earned BSc (Honors) and MSc with First Class distinction. He passed HSC exam from Dhaka College in 1967. He stood second in the merit list in Rajshahi Education Board. Ahmed passed SSC exam from Bogra Zilla School in 1965. Another brother, Ahsan Habib, the editor of Unmad, a cartoon magazine, and one of the most famous Cartoonist in the country.Īhmed went to schools in Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong, Dinajpur and Bogra as his father lived in different places upon official assignment. Humayun's younger brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, a university professor, is also a very popular author of mostly science fiction genre and Children's Literature. His father, Faizur Rahman Ahmed, a police officer and writer, was killed by Pakistani military during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, and his mother is Ayesha Foyez. Humayun Ahmed was born in Mohongonj, Netrokona, but his village home is Kutubpur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). Ahmed's books have been the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during every years of the 1990s and 2000s. In recognition to the works of Humayun, Times of India wrote, "Humayun was a custodian of the Bangladeshi literary culture whose contribution single-handedly shifted the capital of Bengali literature from Kolkata to Dhaka without any war or revolution." Ahmed's writing style was characterized as "Magic Realism." Sunil Gangopadhyay described him as the most popular writer in the Bengali language for a century and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. He wrote over 250 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh, most of them were number one bestsellers of their respective years by a wide margin. Humayun started his journey to reach fame with the publication of his novel Nondito Noroke (In Blissful Hell) in 1972, which remains one of his most famous works. Dawn referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh. He was the most famous and popular author, dramatist and filmmaker ever to grace the cultural world of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. Humayun started his journey to reach fame wit Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker.
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