Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq Explained

Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq
Native Name:আবুল কাসেম ফজলুল হক
Native Name Lang:bn
Occupation:Professor, writer
Citizenship:Bangladeshi
Language:Bengali
Awards:Bangla Academy Literary Award (1981)
Children:Faisal Abedin Deepan(Son)
Birth Date:30 September 1940
Birth Place:Pakundia Thana, Bengal Province, British India
Signature:Sign of Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq.svg

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]

Early life

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.  While studying at Dhaka University, he came in contact with Munir Chowdhury, Ahmed Sharif, Humayun Azad, Nilima Ibrahim and was introduced to progressive ideas.

Career

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]

Selected bibliography

Translations

Editor

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Bangla Academy. 2000. 984-07-4052-0. Selina Hossain, Nurul Islam and Mobarak Hossain. Dhaka. 15–16.
  2. News: https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-47868773. bn:যেভাবে চরমপন্থায় রূপ নিল উগ্র বাম আন্দোলন. BBC Bengali. 2019-04-26. bn.
  3. News: 'The conflict between secularists and the religious-minded must stop'. 2017-10-31. Dhaka Tribune. 2019-04-26.
  4. News: https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/article/1074551/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF. bn:সর্বস্তরে বাংলা ভাষা প্রতিষ্ঠার দাবি. Prothom Alo. 5 February 2017 . Transcom Group. bn. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425132403/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/article/1074551/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF. 2019-04-25. 2019-04-26.
  5. Web site: https://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315. bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত লেখক তালিকা – বাংলা একাডেমি. Bangla Academy. bn. List of Bangla Academy Literary Award recipients. 2019-04-26. 2020-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727183141/https://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315. dead.
  6. Book: Shahed . Syed Mohammad . 2006 . bn:বাংলা একাডেমী লেখক অভিধান. Bangla Akademi Lekhak Abhidhan . 47 . 984-07-4725--8.
  7. Web site: 2015-10-31 . Publisher of slain atheist writer's books murdered in Dhaka . 2023-12-18 . Hindustan Times . en.