Selina Hossain is a noted writer and activist from Bangladesh. She has had a long association with the Bangla Academy, during which she has published several anthologies of short stories, novels, anthologies of essays and novels for children. She has received numerous literary awards including the Ekushey Padak (highest national award for contribution to Bengali literature) in 2009, the Bangla Academy Literary Award (1980). Her work has been translated into various languages.