Ahmede Hussain

Ahmede Hussain (born 16 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi writer.

His ancestors hail from the former Portuguese enclave of Patherghata, Chittagong in Bangladesh. He was the Literary Editor of The Daily Star (Bangladesh). He edited The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words, an anthology of fiction from the Indian subcontinent.^[1] The book has been greeted with acclaim: "The richness is all, both in terms of the writers brought together and in the quality of the tales that come to you one after the other."^[2]

He has finished writing his first novel. ^[3] He is also a senior journalist with an interest in South Asian politics and strategic affairs. ^[4]

Works

• Hussain, Ahmede, ed. (2009). The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words. Chennai, India: Tranquebar Press. ISBN 978-9380032450.
• Blues for Allah, Published from Monash University
• The Journal of Contemporary Literature, an Indian journal, has published Ahmede Hussain and Tabish Khair's conversations on literature, politics and the world today in its Volume 1, No 1 issue.

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