# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zahir-raihan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:06:01.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zahir-raihan"
name: "Zahir Raihan"
slug: "zahir-raihan"
description: "Mohammad Zahirullah, known as Zahir Raihan, was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide (1971), made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was posthumously awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1992 by the government of Bangladesh."
tagline: "Bangladeshi novelist, writer & filmmaker (1935-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zahir_Raihan_(1935%E2%80%931972).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-08-19"
deathDate: "1972-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.63276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump