Shibabrata Barman
Shibabrata Barman is a Bangladeshi author, screenwriter, translator, and journalist. He is known for Bengali novel Baniyalulu, Mriterao Kotha Bole which is later adopted as web series Munshigiri and screenwriting for film, and television including Ekattor webseries, Unoloukik, and Film based on his story Suraiya was officially selected in Asian Project Market 2023 at 28th Busan International Film Festival, Produire Au Sud Dharamshala Lab 2023, Tasveer Film Market 2024. Barman has authored several books, written screenplays, and worked as a journalist.
Shibabrata Barman was born in 1973 at Nilphamari District. He completed his master's degree in political science from the National University, Bangladesh, in 2001. He did his bachelor at the faculty of fine arts in University of Dhaka.
Career
Writing
Shibabrata Barman has authored fiction books, Banialulu, a collection of science-fiction short stories, Mriterao Kotha Bole ''Suraiya, an anthology of short stories, and Shodh, released in Ekushey Book Fair 2025. In 2008, he translated Yan Martel’s novel Life of Pi into Bengali. Barman also writes satire for Earki''.
Journalism
Barman has had an extensive career in journalism, working for several prominent Bangladeshi media outlets. He began his career at Bhorer Kagoj in 1996, where he served as a Senior Sub-Editor until 2003. Later, he joined The Independent TV as Chief News Editor, a position he held from 2011 to 2015. From 2016 to 2019, he worked at Prothom Alo as the News Planning Editor. Following this, he joined The Business Standard in 2019 as a Feature Editor, where he remained until 2020.
Digital Media Award, Channel-I, Bangladesh for Unoloukik.Chorki Award for Best Actor in Unoloukik.Asian Creative Awards National Winner for Café Desire.