Hasan Azizul Huq

For other people with the same name, see Azizul Haque (disambiguation).

Hasan Azizul Huq
হাসান আজিজুল হক
Azizul Huq in 2012
Born	(1939-02-02)2 February 1939 Jabgraam, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in West Bengal, India)
Died	15 November 2021(2021-11-15) (aged 82) Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Rajshahi
Occupation	Writer
Awards	full 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

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

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

• Atmoja O Ekti Karabi Gaach
• Jibon Ghoshe Agun
• Agunpakhi
• Naamhin Gotrahin[1]

Awards

• 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]
• Independence Award (2019)

Death

Hasan Azizul Huq died on 15 November 2021 at Bihas Chouddopai University Housing Society, Rajshahi.[7][8] He was buried in front of the Central Library of Rajshahi University.

References

1. "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. "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

• 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.