Sayeed Ahmed

Sayeed Ahmed (1 January 1931 – 21 January 2010) was a Bangladeshi dramatist, playwright, writer and sitar player. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1974 and Ekushey Padak in 2010 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Background Ahmed was born on 1 January 1931 at Islampur in Old Dhaka in the-then Bengal Presidency in British India into a Mirza family. His mother was Jamila Khatun. Ahmed had three elder brothers – Nasir Ahmed, radio personality and journalist Nazir Ahmed and painter Hamidur Rahman. He was the sitarist during the Europe tour of Uday Shankar. He had two brothers - journalist Nazir Ahmed and sculptor Hamidur Rahman.

Works Kalbela (originally written as The Thing in English; 1962) Ekushey Padak (2010)