Sheikh Azizur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ আজিজুর রহমান; 2 January 1917 – 14 May 1998), known as Shawkat Osman (Bengali: শওকত ওসমান), was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.

He began his education at the local maktab and then enrolled at the Calcutta Alia Madrasa.

However, he later transferred to the St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta where he received his BA in politics in 1938, and MA in Bengali in 1941.

[1] Osman's first prominent novel was Janani, a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban division.

In Kritadasher Hashi (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explored the darkness of contemporary politics and reality of dictatorship.