S Shahid

The Mad Thoughts S Shahid

The full name of S. Shahid is Syed Shahiduddin Ahmed. His father late Syed Shamsuddin Ahmed was a Civil Servant in British India and his mother lata Azizannesa was a noble lady. His father came of an old Syed family at Andikote in the district of Comilla, Bangladesh and settled in Tangail district. S. Shahid was born in 1923 at a village named Mirer Betka near Tangail town.



He obtained M. A. degree in Bengali from Dhaka University and studied Public Administration at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He served in the National Institute of Public Administration, NIPA, Dhaka (Now known as PATC, located at Savar near Dhaka) as instructor.



He retired from that service in 1982. His book of verses The Mad Thoughts was reprinted by the Scholars of PCI of the United States of America and distributed by them around the world which made S. Shahid famous overnight. The Author's Association of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Lekhak Samiti) recommended him tor Nobel award in literature in 1986-87 in response to the invitation of the Nobel Committee of Swedish Academy.



He wrote a number of books in Bengali and Enqlish: The World Still Living, Verses on Islam, The New Formula of English Tenses, and Bangoly books, Nezum Rater kabita, Jasem Uddin kabi o kabbo and others books too.



He was serving as the Principal of Dream Land Preparatory School, and also served as the Secretary of publication, information at the Media cell of Swanirvar Bangladesh.



Syed Shahiduddin Ahmed (S. Shahid ) was born in 1923 and passed away on December 1st of 2006.