Hasan Azizul Huq

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Hasan Azizul Huq
হাসান আজিজুল হক
Azizul Huq in 2012
Born(1939-02-02)2 February 1939
Jabgraam, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died15 November 2021(2021-11-15) (aged 82)
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Rajshahi
OccupationWriter
Awardsfull list

Hasan Azizul Huq (2 February 1939 – 15 November 2021) was a Bangladeshi short-story writer and novelist.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1999, Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1970 and Independence Award in 2019.[2][3]

Early life and education[edit]

Azizul 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]

Azizul Huq was the second Bangabandhu Chair of the department of history at the University of Dhaka.[4]

Career[edit]

Azizul 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 autobiographies, Fire Jai Fire Ashi and Uki Diye Digonto.[4]

His stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Urdu, Russian, Czech[1] and Japanese. [6]

Works[edit]

গল্পগ্রন্থ - ১.আত্নজা ও একটি করবী গাছ। ২.নামহীন গোত্রহীন ৩.আমরা অপেক্ষা করছি ৪.সমুদ্রের স্বপ্ন শীতের অরণ্য ৫.জীবন ঘষে আগুন ৬.পাতালে হাসপাতালে ৭.রোদে যাব ৮.রাঢ়বঙের গল্প ৯.মা ও মেয়ের সংসার ১০.বিধবার কথা ও অন্যান্য গল্প

Awards[edit]

Death[edit]

Hasan Azizul Huq died on 15 November 2021 at Bihas Chouddopai University Housing Society, Rajshahi.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Happy birthday Hasan Azizul Huq". The Daily Star. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Hasan Azizul Haque". The Daily Star. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ^ Emran Mahfuj (5 July 2015). "Bangalis are trying to get ahead by forgetting the past". The Daily Star (Op-ed). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. ^ Five representative pieces have translated into Japanese in Bangladesher nirbacita galpa ("The selected stories of Bangladesh"), published by THE DIDO LIFE FOUNDATION, 17 December 2019"
  7. ^ "Litterateur Hasan Azizul Haque no more". Prothom Alo English. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. ^ হাসান আজিজুল হক আর নেই [Hasan Azizul Huq no more]. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

Further reading[edit]

  • 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.
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