Mojaffor Hossain

Mojaffor Hossain is an acclaimed fiction writer, translator, and literary critic. His works—often marked by the grotesque and the unsettling—have earned critical acclaim both at home and abroad.  His fictions have been translated into more than ten languages, including English, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Hindi, Gujarati, and Arabic. Two collections of his stories in English translation have been published in Bangladesh and India.

After earning his MA in English from Rajshahi University, Hossain began his career as a journalist before joining the Bangla Academy, as a translator. He is one of the founding members of the Bangla Translation Foundation.

As of 2025, he has received numerous awards, including Kali O Kalam Literary Award, Samakal Sahitya Award, Anyadin Humayun Ahmed Award, Abul Hasan Sahitya Award, Boishakhi Television Award, Arani Sahitya Award, Protava Prokash Sahitya Award, Anando-Alo Sahitya Award and Jalshiri Literary Award.