https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Abdul_HaqueAbdul Haque - Revision history2026-08-08T06:34:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Abdul_Haque&diff=369730&oldid=prevBot at 18:20, 7 November 20222022-11-07T18:20:54Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Other uses|Abd al-Haqq}}{{short description|Bangladeshi essayist, journalist, and writer}}{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Abdul Haque<br />
| native_name = আবদুল হক<br />
| birth_date = 1918<br />
| birth_place = [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Nawabganj]], [[Rajshahi Division|Rajshahi District]], {{flag|Bengal Presidency}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[Government Saadat College]]<br>[[Rajshahi College]]<br>[[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1997|1918}}<br />
| death_place = {{flag|Bangladesh}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Abdul Haque''' ({{lang-bn|আবদুল হক}}; 1918–1997) was a [[Bangladeshi]] essayist, journalist and writer. He served as a deputy director of the [[Bangla Academy]], a government-funded regulatory institution.<ref name="ah">{{cite Banglapedia|author=[[Wakil Ahmed|Ahmed, Wakil]]|article=Haque, Abdul1}}</ref> He was posthumously awarded an [[Ekushey Padak]] in language and literature in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 February 2011 |title=13 named for Ekushey Padak |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/02/14/13-named-for-ekushey-padak |newspaper=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Early life and education==<br />
Haque was born in 1918, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of Udainagar located in [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Nawabganj]] (then under [[Rajshahi Division|Rajshahi District]]), part of the [[British Raj]]'s [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]].<ref name="ah"/> <br />
<br />
He passed his matriculation with a first from Kansat High School in 1936, and then a first in his [[Intermediate of Arts]] from the [[Government Saadat College]] in 1939. In 1944, he graduated from [[Rajshahi College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in English and in 1946, with a [[Master of Arts]] from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="mo">{{cite book|title=প্রবন্ধ সংগ্রহ|author=[[Mohammad Moniruzzaman|Moniruzzaman, Mohammad]]|editor=[[Syed Akram Hossain|Hossain, Syed Akram]]|publisher=[[University of Dhaka]]|year=1992|pages=495-496}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Career==<br />
Haque joined ''[[The Daily Azad]]'' in 1945 as its sub-editor, and later worked for the ''[[Saogat]]''. He joined the Regional Information Office in [[Dhaka]] as a staff writer in 1947. Following the independence of Pakistan, he worked as the assistant publishing officer in the [[Bengali Development Board]]. Haque was later promoted to publication officer. In 1964, he was awarded the 'Dawood Prize'. The Bengali Development Board was merged into the Bangla Academy and he was made deputy director of Bangla Academy.<ref name="ah" /><br />
<br />
==Award==<br />
In 1974 he was awarded the [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]]. He wrote a number of plays. His essays were published in journals and were published in books. In 1981 he retired from the Bangla Academy as its director. In 1988 he was awarded the Abul Hasnat Literary Award and in 1990 the Hilali Memorial Gold Medal.<ref name="ah" /><br />
<br />
==Death==<br />
Haque died in 1997.<ref name="ah" /><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haque, Abdul}}<br />
[[Category:1918 births]]<br />
[[Category:1997 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chapai Nawabganj district]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi essayists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi writers]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:Rajshahi College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century essayists]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]</div>Bot