Hasan Azizul Huq
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Native name | হাসান আজিজুল হক |
Born |
Jabgraam, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India | 2 February 1939
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation | Writer |
Awards | full list |
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Hasan Azizul Huq (born 2 February 1939) is a Bangladeshi short-story writer and novelist.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1999 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1970.[2][3]
Early life and education
Huq was born in Jabgraam in Burdwan district of West Bengal. In 1947, his parents moved to Phultala, near the city of Khulna, Bangladesh.[4] He completed his post-graduation from Rajshahi University in 1960. He served as a faculty in the department of philosophy of the same university.[5]
Huq was the second Bangabandhu Chair of the department of history at the University of Dhaka.[4]
Career
Huq's first published volume is Samudrer Swapna, Shiter Aranya (1964).[4] Among other notable volumes are: Atmaja o Ekti Karabi Gaachh (1967), Jeeban Ghase Agun (1973), Namhin Gotrohin (1974), Pataale, Haspataale (1981), Kathakataa (1981), Aprakasher Bhaar (1988) and Ma Meyer Sansar (1997) and Raarbanger Golpo(1999).[4] He wrote two autbiographies, Fire Jai Fire Ashi and Uki Diye Digonto.[4]
His stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Urdu, Russian and Czech.[1]
Works
Award
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1970)[1]
- Ekushey Padak (1999)
- Ananda Purashkar (2008)
- Druhee Katha-Shahityak Abdur Rouf Choudhury Memorial Award
- Adamjee Literary Award
- Lekhok Shibir Puroshkar
- Alaol Sahitya Puroshkar
- Alokto Sahitya Puroshkar
- Agrani Bank Puroshkar
- Philips Sahitya Puroshkar[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Happy birthday Hasan Azizul Huq". The Daily Star. February 2, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ" [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা" [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hasan Azizul Haque". The Daily Star. 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ↑ Emran Mahfuj (July 5, 2015). ""Bangalis are trying to get ahead by forgetting the past"". The Daily Star. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
Further reading
- Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
- Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.