Muhammed Zafar Iqbal Biography

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is one of the well-known Bangladeshi writers. Despite being a physicist by qualification, he went on to make a name for himself in the field of literature; his genre of writing is science fiction and children's literature. His interest in writing developed during childhood through his father’s motivation. After working for a couple of years in the field of research, he took up teaching at the university level. However, he managed to extract time from his busy schedule to fulfill his dream of becoming a writer. He is among the first few writers who started authoring books on science fiction in Bengali language. To add on, he is credited for focusing on young readers, and hence, writes literature books for children, apart from publishing non-fiction books as well, in physics and mathematics. He is also a renowned columnist who contributes regularly to Bangladeshi mainstream newspapers. Several of his novels have been adapted into dramas and films. He has been a recipient of several awards in the field of literature, the most significant of them being Bangla Academy Literary Award and Rotary SEED Award. At present, he heads the Electrical and Electronics Engineering department at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST