Haider Akbar Khan Rono (born 31 August 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician, theorist and writer. He is a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Bangladesh. He has published 25 books and many booklets. He has received the Bangla Academy Literary Award (2021).
Early life
Rono was born on 31 August 1942 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, India) to engineer Hatem Ali Khan. His grandfather, Syed Nausher Ali, was an Indian politician and his younger brother, Haider Anwar Khan Juno, was a leftist politician and freedom fighter.
Education
Rono passed the Matriculation Examination from St Gregory's High School in 1958 and was added to the 12th position of the merit list of the East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Before, he studied at Jessore Zilla School and Rajshahi Collegiate School. In 1960, he passed the ISC from Notre Dame College, Dhaka. In 1960, he was admitted in the Department of Physics at the University of Dhaka. But couldn't finish the course for imprisonment and other causes. Later, when he was in prison, he completed a bachelor's degree in law.
Career
Rono had to face imprisonment four times and had to go into hiding seven times for political reasons.
In 2006, Rono was awarded the Prothom Alo Best Book of the Year 1411.
He has spoken against International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Since 2012, Rono is a Presidium member of Communist Party of Bangladesh.
In January 2022, Rono was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award.