Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury

Ahmedur Chowdhury (, also Tutul টুটুল) is a Bangladeshi publisher and writer. He won the 2016 Pinter International Writer of Courage Award, selected by writer Margaret Atwood, The Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award, 2016 and the Ossietzky Prize in 2018. His writings were published in newspapers, magazine, and blogs. Shuddhashar won Shahid Munir Chowdhury Award by the Bangla Academy in 2013. He was hospitalized in a critical condition. Ansar Al Islam (AQIS Bangladesh) claimed the responsibility. and Norwegian authorities. Now he is editing his online magazine Shuddhashar. Shuddhashar's primary mission is to publish work at the intersection of politics, free speech, activism, and literature. It is a platform to inspire writers and activists, especially those at risk or in exile, by providing an opportunity to expose their work and contribute to social and political change through the exchange of ideas.

In 2016, Shuddhashar Magazine was awarded with the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. and International Publishers Association, Prix Voltaire Short List, 2018. In 2017 he gave an "inspiring" presentation at the Oslo Freedom Forum.

Works Editor Shuddhashar Publisher Shuddhashar Nil Bishe Sish Kate Thot (Whistling through Blue Poison) (1995)