Shaheen Akhtar

Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962) is a Bangladeshi writer.

She was born in Comilla and studied economics at Dhaka University. She next studied and worked at film-making in India, returning to Bangladesh in 1997. On her return, she began work on her first novel Palabar Path Nei (No Escape Route). She works as an editor in the Media and Communication Unit of Ain o Salish Kendra, a civil rights organization in Dhaka.

• Talaash (The Search), novel, won the Prothom Alo Literary prize in 2004, translated into English in 2011
• Shokhi Rongomala (Beloved Rongomala), novel
• Boner Shange Amarloke (Sisters in eternity), short stories
• Poneroti Golpo (Fifteen stories), short stories
• Soti O Swotontora: Bangla Shahitye Nari, editor
• Zenana Mehfil: Bangali Musalman Lekhikader Nirbachita Rachana, 1904-1938 (Women in Concert: An Anthology of Bengali Muslim Women's Writings, 1904-1938), editor with Mousumi Bhowmik

• Bangla Academy Literary Award (2015)