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{{Short description|Bangladeshi children's writer}}
{{infobox person
|name=Ekhlasuddin Ahmed
|birth_date={{birth date|1940|12|15|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[British India]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2014|12|24|1940|12|15|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]]
}}
'''Ekhlasuddin Ahmed''' (15 December 1940 – 24 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi [[children's writer]].<ref>{{cite news |date=12 September 2009 |title= Artist Kamrul Hasan's notebooks go to daughter |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=142538&cid=21 |work=bdnews24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205062238/http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=142538&cid=21 |archive-date=5 February 2010 |accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Ekushey Padak]], one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 February 2001 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45978616.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103083946/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45978616.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |title=Take fresh vow to establish dignity of mother tongue: Ekushey Padak- 2000 distributed |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=25 March 2010 |via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>

==Early life and career==

Ahmed was born in 1940 in the [[24 Parganas]] district of [[West Bengal]] province.<ref name="EN"/> He is also a journalist and has been associated with the ''[[Janakantha|Daily Janakantha]]''. Among the awards he has received are the "Kabir Chowdhury Children's Literary Award" of the [[Bangla Academy]] (2004),<ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 2002 |title=Bangla Academy introduces two awards |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-67539072.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103083930/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-67539072.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=25 March 2010 |via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=5 April 2005 |title=Children's literary award for Ekhlasuddin |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2005/apr/05/met.html |work=New Age Metro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102175740/http://www.newagebd.com/2005/apr/05/met.html |archive-date=2 November 2007 |accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref> Uro Child Literature Award (2007),<ref>{{cite news |date=26 July 2007 |title=5 litterateurs get 'Uro Child Literature Award' 2007 |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/07/26/d70726061784.htm |work=The Daily Star|accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref> Alaol Literary Award and the Shishu Academy Award.

Ahmed died at Square Hospital in [[Dhaka]] on 24 December 2014.<ref name="EN">{{cite news |date=24 December 2014 |title=Writer Ekhlasuddin passes away |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/57366/Writer-Ekhlasuddin-passes-away |work=Prothom Alo |accessdate=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225021802/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/57366/Writer-Ekhlasuddin-passes-away |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi children's writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Writers from West Bengal]]

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