Ikhtiar Chowdhury
Ikhtiar Momin Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat and writer. He served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to multiple countries. As of 2024, he has written 39 books.
Chowdhury was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in the travelogue category in 2022.
Background and career
Ikhtiar Chowdhury was born in 1954 to Chowdhury Osman, a poet and an educationist, and Hamida Sultana in Ramgati village in Ullahpara, Sirajganj in the then East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan. Ikhtiar studied at the University of Dhaka.Chowdhury served as the director general of the South East Asia and Parliamentary Affairs, and the External Publicity Wing of Foreign Ministry until 2008. He then served as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines and Spain until his retirement.
Books
Jamuna Sampraday - যমুনা সম্প্রদায়Americar Kiyadangsho - আমেরিকার কিয়দংশ
Pacific e Panch Rajani - প্যাসিফিকে পাঁচ রজনি
Nordan Trip - নর্দান ট্রিপ
Juddhodiner Gerila - যুদ্ধদিনের গেরিলা