Mohammad Akram Osman was born on May 2, 1937, in Herat, Afghanistan. He died on August 11, 2016, in Jönköping, Sweden. He was a well-known Afghan writer, novelist, and scholar. Osman earned a PhD from the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Tehran University. For many years, he worked as a storyteller and writer for social and cultural programs on Afghanistan’s radio and television. He also led the Art and Literature Department at Radio Afghanistan for a time.

Later in his career, Osman worked in Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From January 1990 to April 1991, he served as Afghan Consul General in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. From August 1991 to May 1992, he worked as Afghan Chargé d’affaires at the Afghan Embassy in Tehran. He was also a member of the Swedish Writers’ Union.

Two films were made based on two of Osman’s short stories. The films were adapted from "Real Men Keep Their Word" and "The Deceptive Object." In 1992, Osman and his family moved to Sweden. He lived in Jönköping, where he died and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery. Osman was married to Maliha Osman, and they had three children: one daughter named Arzo Osman and two sons, Maiwand Osman and Omid Osman.

In 2006, the ninth annual Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, which is Iran’s most valuable literary prize, honored Osman for his contributions to literature.

Non-Persian publications

Some of Osman's writings have been published in the Russian and Bulgarian languages. They have also been published using the Cyrillic alphabet in Tajikistan.