Hasan Azizul Huq

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi novelist (1939–2021)}}
{{Other people||Azizul Haque (disambiguation){{!}}Azizul Haque}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{infobox person
| name = Hasan Azizul Huq
| native_name = হাসান আজিজুল হক
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Hasan Azizul Huq.jpg
| caption = Huq in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|2|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Jabgraam, [[Burdwan]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|15|1939|2|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Rajshahi]], [[Bangladesh]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajshahi]]
| occupation = [[Writer]]
| awards = [[#Awards|full list]]
| signature = Hasan Azizul Huqs signeture.jpg
}}

'''Hasan Azizul Huq''' (2 February 1939 – 15 November 2021) was a Bangladeshi short-story writer and novelist.<ref name=bday>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/literature/happy-birthday-hasan-azizul-huq-211330|title=Happy birthday Hasan Azizul Huq|date=2 February 2016|accessdate=4 May 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1999, [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1970 and [[Independence Award]] in 2019.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Huq was born in Jabgraam in [[Burdwan]] district of [[West Bengal]]. In 1947, his parents moved to [[Phultala Upazila|Phultala]], near the city of [[Khulna]], Bangladesh.<ref name=star>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/hasan-azizul-haque-212698|title=Hasan Azizul Haque|date=5 February 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=23 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> He completed his post-graduation from [[Rajshahi University]] in 1960. He served as a faculty in the department of philosophy of the same university.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/bangalis-are-trying-get-ahead-forgetting-the-past-107530|title=Bangalis are trying to get ahead by forgetting the past|date=5 July 2015|access-date=4 May 2016|author=Emran Mahfuj|newspaper=The Daily Star|type=Op-ed}}</ref>

Huq was the second Bangabandhu Chair of the department of history at the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=star/>

==Career==
Huq's first published volume is ''Samudrer Swapna, Shiter Aranya '' (1964).<ref name=star/> 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).<ref name=star/> He wrote two autobiographies, ''Fire Jai Fire Ashi ''and ''Uki Diye Digonto''.<ref name=star/>

His stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Urdu, Russian, Czech<ref name=bday/> and Japanese.
<ref>Five representative pieces have translated into Japanese in ''[http://www.daido-life-fd.or.jp/business/publication/publish/bangladesh/bangladesh3.html Bangladesher nirbacita galpa ("The selected stories of Bangladesh")''], published by THE DIDO LIFE FOUNDATION, 17 December 2019"</ref>

==Works==
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==
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1970)<ref name=bday/>
* [[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<ref name=star/>
*[[Independence Award]] (2019)

== Death ==
Hasan Azizul Huq died on 15 November 2021 at Bihas Chouddopai University Housing Society, Rajshahi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Litterateur Hasan Azizul Haque no more|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/writer-hasan-azizul-haque-no-more|publisher=Prothom Alo English|date=15 November 2021|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:হাসান আজিজুল হক আর নেই|trans-title=Hasan Azizul Huq no more|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/302612/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87|work=The Daily Ittefaq|date=15 November 2021|language=bn|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==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.

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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali-language writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male novelists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ananda Purashkar]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:University of Rajshahi faculty]]
[[Category:Rajshahi College alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award]]
[[Category:People from Bardhaman]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Writers from West Bengal]]

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