Shamsunnahar Mahmud (c. 1908 — April 10, 1964) was a writer, politician and educator in Bengal during the early 20th century.
[2] Mahmud was born in 1908 in North Guthuma village, in what is now Parshuram Upazila of Feni District, Bangladesh.
[2] Mahmud started her studies at Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School in Chittagong, and matriculated in 1926 as a private candidate.
[2] Mahmud started her career as a teacher of Bengali literature at Lady Brabourne College.
[citation needed] Mahmud's first poem was published in a juvenile monthly magazine, Angur.