Google Doodle celebrates Humayun Ahmed’s birthday

Search engine giant Google Inc is celebrating the birthday of writer, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed in a creative manner through its iconic doodle.

Humayun Ahmed, son of late Foyzur Rahman Ahmed and Ayesha Foyez, was born on November 13, 1948 at Kutubpur in Mymensingh. He died on July 19, 2012 at a hospital in New York, the USA.

He authored over 200 books, many of which were best sellers and eight of which were made into films.

In his childhood, Ahmed lived in Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong, Bogra, Dinajpur and Panchagarh where his father was on official assignment.

Ahmed studied in Chittagong Collegiate School. He eventually passed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination from Bogra Zilla School in 1967 and was listed as second in merit by the Rajshahi Education Board.

He passed Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examination from Dhaka College in 1969.