Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq | |
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Native name | আবুল কাসেম ফজলুল হক |
Born | Pakundia Thana, Bengal Province, British India | 30 September 1940
Occupation | Professor, writer |
Language | Bengali |
Citizenship | Bangladeshi |
Notable awards | Bangla Academy Literary Award (1981) |
Children | Faisal Abedin Deepan(Son) |
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Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq (born 30 September 1940) is a Bangladeshi writer, essayist, translator, critic, columnist and activist. [1] He is a former professor of Bengali language and literature at the University of Dhaka. [2] [3] He is the convener of Rashtrabhasha Bangla Rokkha Komiti (State Language Bengali Protection Committee). [4] He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981. [5]
Haq was born in Pakundia, Kishoreganj to Muhammad Abdul Hakim and Jahanara Khatun. His wife is Farida Pradhan. [6]
Haq passed the Entrance Examination from Mymensingh Zilla School in 1959. In 1961, he passed the Higher Secondary Certificate in Science from Ananda Mohan College. He graduated from the University of Dhaka in 1965 and completed his post-graduation from the same university in 1966. [1] [6] While studying at Dhaka University, he came in contact with Munir Chowdhury, Ahmed Sharif, Humayun Azad, Nilima Ibrahim and was introduced to progressive ideas.
Haq was a faculty member of the Department of Bengali at the University of Dhaka for four decades. He has been editing the literary magazine called Lokayata since 1982.
His son, Faisal Abedeen Deepan, who was a publisher, was murdered by a Jihadist group in 2015. [7]
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq | |
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Native name | আবুল কাসেম ফজলুল হক |
Born | Pakundia Thana, Bengal Province, British India | 30 September 1940
Occupation | Professor, writer |
Language | Bengali |
Citizenship | Bangladeshi |
Notable awards | Bangla Academy Literary Award (1981) |
Children | Faisal Abedin Deepan(Son) |
Signature | |
Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq (born 30 September 1940) is a Bangladeshi writer, essayist, translator, critic, columnist and activist. [1] He is a former professor of Bengali language and literature at the University of Dhaka. [2] [3] He is the convener of Rashtrabhasha Bangla Rokkha Komiti (State Language Bengali Protection Committee). [4] He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981. [5]
Haq was born in Pakundia, Kishoreganj to Muhammad Abdul Hakim and Jahanara Khatun. His wife is Farida Pradhan. [6]
Haq passed the Entrance Examination from Mymensingh Zilla School in 1959. In 1961, he passed the Higher Secondary Certificate in Science from Ananda Mohan College. He graduated from the University of Dhaka in 1965 and completed his post-graduation from the same university in 1966. [1] [6] While studying at Dhaka University, he came in contact with Munir Chowdhury, Ahmed Sharif, Humayun Azad, Nilima Ibrahim and was introduced to progressive ideas.
Haq was a faculty member of the Department of Bengali at the University of Dhaka for four decades. He has been editing the literary magazine called Lokayata since 1982.
His son, Faisal Abedeen Deepan, who was a publisher, was murdered by a Jihadist group in 2015. [7]