Siddique Mahmudur Rahman, the translator, was born on 4 September 1946 at Jessore. His father Fazlur Rahman was a government official and a writer. His mother Sajeda Rahman was also an authoress. Siddique did his MA in English from the University of Rajshahi. Mr Rahman is a prolific writer and a commendable translator. His first book- A History of Bangladesh Philately 1971-1986 was published in 1986. He is the pioneer in the study of postal history of Bangladesh and published a few books on it. He has published 20 books of which 8 are translation works.
