Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury

Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury
Born 1971/1972 (age 44–45)[1]
Residence Norway
Nationality Bangladeshi
Other names Tutul
Occupation publisher, writer, poet, blogger
Awards Pinter International Writer of Courage Award

Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (also Tutul) is a Bangladeshi publisher and writer. He won 2016 Pinter International Writer of Courage Award, selected by writer Margaret Atwood.[2] His writings were published in newspapers, magazine, and blogs.[3]

Career

In 1990, Chowdhury founded Shuddhashar magazine. He established a publishing house, under the same name, in Dhaka in 2004.[4] Shuddhashar won Shahid Munir Chowdhury Award by the Bangla Academy in 2013.[3] In February 2015, he received a death threat, for publishing materials of atheist writers.[2]

On October 31, 2015, he, along with Ranadipam Basu and Tareque Rahim, was attacked by assailants with machetes.[1][5] He was hospitalized in a critical condition.[3] Ansar Al Islam (AQIS Bangladesh) claimed the responsibility.[3] He went into exile and settled in Norway in February 2016.[2]

Chowdhury was the finalist of 2016 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize.[6]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 "Secular publisher murdered, three wounded in Bangladesh attacks". Daily Mail. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Flood, Alison (October 13, 2016). "Margaret Atwood selects Tutul for Pen writer of courage award". The Guardian. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tutul wins PEN Int'l Writer of Courage award". The Daily Star. October 14, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury / Tutul". International Cities of Refuge Network. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Attackers said they came to kill publisher Tutul: Witness". bdnews24.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Freedom to publish prize finalist profile: Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury". International Publishers Association. March 31, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.


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