Farida Hossain

Farida Hossain (born 19 January 1945) is a Bangladeshi writer, playwright, editor, director, and translator.

Hossain was born on 19 January 1945, in Kolkata, India, one of five siblings. She later moved with her family to Bangladesh, living in Chittagong, then Narayanganj, and finally settling in Dhaka. She served as the president of the PEN Bangladesh Centre from 2003 and 2018. She married Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, with whom she had several children.