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Native name
  
লুৎফর রহমান রিটন

Spouse(s)
  
Sharly Rahman

Website
  
Official website

Nationality
  
Bangladeshi

Children
  
Sabrina Sharmin Nody

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Lutfor Rahman Riton is a Bangladeshi writer of young adult and children's literature. He earned Bangla Academy Award for his contribution to juvenile literatire in 2007. He is best known as a rhymester.

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Early life and education

Liton attended Nawabpur Government High School, Dhaka College and the University of Dhaka.

Career

Riton's work was first published in the newspaper The Daily Ittefaq. He started writing for adults and young readers in the early 1980s. His first book for adults was published in 1984. In 1987 and 1989, two of his plays "Jhontu-Pontu" and "Hoi-Choi" aired on Bangladesh Television (BTV).

One of Riton's most notable works is "Keu Keu Abiram Chupi Chupi", the title song of the television entertainment show Ittyadi.

Personal life

Riton resides in Canada with his wife Sharly Rahman and daughter Sabrina Sharmin Nody.

Awards

  • Sikandar Abu Zafar Award (1982)
  • Agnari Bank Children's Literature Award (1982 and 1996)
  • Dhaka University Award (1984)
  • Dadabhai Children's Literature Award (1999)
  • Bangla Academy Award (2007)
  • City-Ananda Alo Literature Award (2011)
  • Annadashankar Award (2011)
  • References

    Lutfor Rahman Riton Wikipedia