Shahidullah Kaiser

Shahidullah Kaiser (; 16 February 1926 – disappeared 14 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist and writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1969, Ekushey Padak in 1983, and the Independence Day Award in 1998.

Personal life Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah was born on 16 February 1926 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Majupur in Sonagazi, Feni subdivision, then part of the Noakhali district of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Mawlana Mohammad Habibullah, was a professor at the Calcutta Alia Madrasa and later the Dacca Alia Madrasa. Shahidullah was the eldest of Habibullah's eight children, followed by Nafisa Kabir, Zahir Raihan, Zakaria Habib, Suraiyah, Shahenshah Begum, Mohammad Obaidullah, and Mohammad Saifullah.

Education Shahidullah studied at Amirabad BC Laha High School in Sonagazi. He also studied at the Presidency College Calcutta and obtained a bachelor's degree in economics with honours. Later, he enrolled in a Master of Arts program at the University of Calcutta but did not completed the degree.

In early December 1971, Kaiser cautioned Sufia Kamal to leave Dhaka, but he himself did not leave and was caught by the Pakistani Army.

On 3 November 2013, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Muslim leader based in London, and Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, based in the United States, were sentenced in absentia after the court found that they were involved in the abduction and murders of 18 people – nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists, including Kaiser and three physicians – in December 1971.

Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin denied the charges in an interview aired by Al Jazeera in August 2013.

Personal life Kaiser's wife, Panna, was an author and novelist. She served as a member of the parliament for the Awami League government from 1996 to 2001. Kaiser's daughter, Shomi Kaiser, is a television actress. His son, Amitav Kaiser, is a banker. Activist Shahriar Kabir was Kaiser's paternal cousin.