Selim Al-Deen

Selim Al-Deen was a Bangladeshi playwright and theater artist. He was the founder chairperson of the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. He made significant contribution to Bengali drama. He is also considered as one of the pioneers of street theatre in Bangladesh.

Apart from his active involvement with Dhaka Theatre, his fundamental contribution was introduction of a novel sense of direction to modern Bengali Drama, based on tradition. Al-Deen has also been one of the key organisers of Bangladesh's village theatre movement.

Al-Deen has also been one of the key organisers of Bangladesh's village theatre movement. He took the monumental task of creating the only dictionary on dramatics available in Bengali. Having been awarded almost all national recognitions possible in the field of theatre, Al-Deen's work is studied at many universities across the world. Several of his plays have been translated into other languages. He died on 14 January 2008.