{"product_id":"9781635247381","title":"The Mad Thoughts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe full name of S. Shahid is Syed Shahiduddin Ahmed. His father late Syed Shamsuddin Ahmed was a Civil Servant in British India and his mother lata Azizannesa was a noble lady. His father came of an old Syed family at Andikote in the district of Comilla, Bangladesh and settled in Tangail district. S. Shahid was born in 1923 at a village named Mirer Betka near Tangail town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe obtained M. A. degree in Bengali from Dhaka University and studied Public Administration at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He served in the National Institute of Public Administration, NIPA, Dhaka (Now known as PATC, located at Savar near Dhaka) as instructor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe retired from that service in 1982. His book of verses The Mad Thoughts was reprinted by the Scholars of PCI of the United States of America and distributed by them around the world which made S. Shahid famous overnight. The Author’s Association of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Lekhak Samiti) recommended him tor Nobel award in literature in 1986-87 in response to the invitation of the Nobel Committee of Swedish Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wrote a number of books in Bengali and Enqlish: \u003cem\u003eThe World Still Living, Verses on Islam\u003c\/em\u003e, The \u003cem\u003eNew Formula of English Tenses\u003c\/em\u003e, and Bangoly books, \u003cem\u003eNezum Rater kabita, Jasem Uddin kabi o kabbo \u003c\/em\u003eand others books too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was serving as the Principal of Dream Land Preparatory School, and also served as the Secretary of publication, information at the Media cell of Swanirvar Bangladesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSyed Shahiduddin Ahmed (S.Shahid ) was born in 1923 and passed away on December 1st of 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LitFire Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49954051522800,"sku":"9781635247381","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781635247381","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}