| Rashid Haider | |
| Native Name: | রশীদ হায়দার |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
| Awards: | full list |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Relatives: | Zia Haider (brother) |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Rashid Haider (15 July 1941 – 13 October 2020)[1] was a Bangladeshi author and novelist.[2] [3] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1984 by the Government of Bangladesh.[4] He was the author of more than 70 books throughout his career.[1]
Sheikh Faisal Abdur Rashid Muhammad Ziauddin Haider was born into an aristocratic Bengali Muslim Zamindar family of Sheikhs on 15 July 1941 to Hakimuddin Sheikh and Rahima Khatun in Doharpara in Pabna Town of British India. His father Hakimuddin Sheikh was a prominent Zamindar in Pabna Town and would have received the title of Khan Bahadur from the ruling British Raj had the Partition of India been delayed a few years.[5] [6] He graduated in Bangla from the University of Dhaka.[1]
Haider began journalism through the magazine Chitrali since 1961.[7] He was a member of the Pakistan Writers' Guild in 1964.[1] He was a member of Nagorik Natya Sampradaya, founded by his brother Zia Haider. Rashid wrote Toilo Shonkot, and acted in Baki Itihash, the first play by Nagorik.[1]
Haider was married to Anisa Akhter and they had two daughters. Hema& khama[7]