BIOGRAPHY
K. Anis Ahmed was born in Dhaka and educated in St. Joseph High School and Notre Dame College. He completed higher studies at Brown, Washington and New York Universities in America, receiving a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from NYU. Ahmed’s first significant published piece, Forty Steps, appeared in the Minnesota Review and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A translation of the same piece by Manabendra Bandopadhyay was published in Dhaka in 2006. Ahmed is Director, Academic Affairs at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
PUBLICATIONS
Forty Steps, Minnesota Review, n.s 52-54, Jeffrey Williams, ed. (Columbia: U of Missouri-Columbia, 2001)
Forty Steps, From the Delta, Niaz Zaman, ed. (Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2005)
Chollish Kadam, trans. by Manobendra Bandyapadhya (Dhaka: Kagoj Prokashono, 2005)
The Happiest Day of His Life, Daily Star Book of Bangladeshi Writing, Khademul Islam, ed. (Dhaka: Daily Star, 2006)
The Poetry Audition, New Age Short Stories, Niaz Zaman, ed. (Dhaka: Writers.ink, 2006)
PAST INTERVIEWS
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