Shazed ul Hoq Khan Abir is a Bangladeshi writer born and raised in Dhaka. He studied English at Dhaka University. He has published eleven books in Bengali and received the Kali o Kalam Young Fiction Writer Award from Bengal Foundation in 2025. His play was staged by Dhaka Theatre in 2025. He also writes songs and makes documentaries, often drawing inspiration from the Buriganga River and the layered history of his city. Abir is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at East West University, Dhaka.

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