Selina Hossain S elina Hossain is an acclaimed writer in Bangladesh. She has been writing for over four decades. In addition to writing stories, novels and articles, she has edited several books on women's rights, women's empowerment, gender and development issues. Several of her books have been included in the syllabus of the leading universities of Bangladesh, India and OKTAN Community College, Chicago, USA. Mrs. Selina Hossain is the Executive Director of Fareea Lara Foundation. She worked at the Bangla Academy for 34 years in various capacities . In addition, she is actively involved in cultural and social work in the areas of human rights and gender issues at national and international levels. She has received several awards including Bangla 64 Academy Literary Award and Alaol Literary Award. She received the national ' Ekushe Padak' award in 2009. She was conferred with the D.Lit (honoris causa) degree from Rabindra Bharati University, India in 2010. Recently in 2011 she received the' Premchand Fellowship' from the Kolkata Sahitta Akademi (Academy of Letters). She also received the 'Rabindra Smriti Puraskar', British Council Fellowship and Ford Foundation Fellowship, among many others. Mrs. Hossain is a member of the governing council of the Delhi-based SAARC Writers and Literature Foundation. She has been nominated to join the UNESCO Executive Board as the Representative of the Bangladesh Government.