Makid Haider (Bengali: মাকিদ হায়দার; 28 September 1947 – 10 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi writer, poet and recipient of the Bangla Academy Literary Award.
[1][2] Makid Haider was born on 28 September 1947 in the village of Doharpara in Pabna District, in what was then East Bengal.
His father was Hakimuddin Sheikh and his mother was Rahima Khatun.
[3] His father Hakimuddin Sheikh was a prominent Zamindar in Pabna Town and would have received the title of Khan Bahadur from the ruling British Raj had the Partition of India been delayed a few years.
[6][7] Haider died in Dhaka on 10 July 2024, at the age of 76.