MD Sharif Uddin was born on 5 september 1978 in Dilalpur village, Nandail, Mymensingh, Bangladesh to MD Dulal Bhuiyan and Renu Ara Begum. He has a Diploma in Ceramic Technology.
He arrived in Singapore in 2008 where he works in the construction and tunneling sectors as a supervisor. Sharif writes short stories and poetry and his works have been published in journals and anthologies in Singapore and Bangladesh. He was a finalist in the Singapore Migrant Workers Poetry Competition 2014 and 2018, and also a finalist in the Singapore Migrant Workers Short Story Competition 2018.
He participated in the Singapore Writers Festival 2017, 2018 and Singapore Poetry Festival 2018.
"Velu and a History", about The Little India Riot of 2013, was commissioned for Written Country: The History of Singapore through Literature.
His first book, Stranger to Myself, won the Singapore Book Award in the non-fiction category, in 2018.
