Humayun Ahmed ([ɦumaijun aɦmed]; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012)[2][3] was a Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and lecturer.[4] His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972.[5] He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, many of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh.[6][7] His books were the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s.[8] He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and the Ekushey Padak in 1994 for his contribution to Bengali literature.