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{{infobox person
|name=Hasnat Abdul Hye
|native_name=হাসনাত আব্দুল হাই
|native_name_lang=bn
|image=Hasnat Abdul Hye 2016.jpg
|caption=Hye in 2016
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|05|19|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|occupation=Writer, novelist
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|awards=[[#Awards|full list]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br/>[[University of Washington]]<br/>[[London School of Economics]]
}}
'''Hasnat Abdul Hye''' (born 19 May 1937)<ref name=young>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/still-young-heart-and-eloquent-1407811|title=Still Young at Heart and Eloquent|date=2017-05-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19|language=en}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi writer and novelist. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 1994.<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> As of 2017, he has 70 published works in both Bengali and English.<ref name=young/>

==Early life and education==
Hye was born in [[Calcutta]] in 1939. His hometown is Sayedabad village, Kasba, BrahmanBaria. He studied economics at the [[University of Dhaka]], the [[University of Washington]], [[London School of Economics]] and development studies at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name=young/>

==Career==
Hye taught economics at the University of Dhaka for two years before joining the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1965. He retired as a full Secretary of the Bangladesh Government in 2000.<ref name=young/><ref name=bdnews>{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/15/prothom-alo-retracts-story-amid-protests|title=Prothom Alo retracts story amid protests|accessdate=2013-04-15|date=2013-04-15|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

== Works ==
Hye wrote his first short story ''Carnival'' in 1960.<ref name=exhibit>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-21704|title=Hasnat Abdul Hye's book exhibition|date=2008-02-03|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19|language=en}}</ref> His first travelogue is titled ''Manhattan and Ten Dollars.''<ref name=exhibit/> In 1995, he wrote ''Novera'', a novel based on the life story of the sculptor [[Novera Ahmed]]. In 2017, the book was adapted to a stage monodrama, acted by Samiun Jahan Dola.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/learning-about-novera-gave-me-strength-1451986|title=Learning about Novera gave me strength|date=2017-08-22|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19|language=en}}</ref>

In 2008, he published ''Boyhood in British India and Pakistan'', a collection of autobiographical columns that appeared in ''Daily News'' under the banner ''Aide Memoire.'' This covers a period from 1943 to 1954.<ref name=exhibit/>

===''TV Camerar Samne Meyeti''===
On 14 April 2013, Hye published a short story, titled ''TV Camerar Samne Meyeti'' (The Girl In Front Of The TV Camera) on the daily newspaper ''[[Prothom Alo]]''. The store centers around a politically active girl ''Seema'' leading the slogan shouting brigade who is sexually exploited by a senior politician, the man who recruits her. The story suggested her popularity stemmed from her sexual free-mixing with males.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/15/prothom-alo-retracts-story-amid-protests|title=Prothom Alo retracts story amid protests|work=bdnews24.com|date=2013-04-15|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref> The publication angered readers and amid protests ''Prothom Alo'' issued an apology and retracted the story.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/prothom-alo-apologises|title=Prothom Alo apologises|date=2013-04-16|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19|language=en}}</ref> Few days later, M Wahiduzzaman, a professor at the University of Dhaka, filed a petition with the High Court as a public interest litigation saying the story written by Hye "is provocative and insulting to the women of the society".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/petition-filed-for-prosecuting-hasnat-abdul-hye|title=Petition filed for prosecuting Hasnat Abdul Hye|date=2013-04-22|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19|language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/21/hc-moved-to-arrest-hasnat-abdul-hye|title=HC moved to arrest Hasnat Abdul Hye|work=bdnews24.com|date=2013-04-21|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref> The High Court later rejected the writ petition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/hc-rejects-petition-against-hasnat-for-his-story|title=HC rejects petition against Hasnat for his story|date=2013-04-29|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref>

=== Books ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* Shuprobhat, Bhalobasha (Good morning, Love) (1977)
* My Assassin (1980)
* The Whale (1981)
* The Great Man (1982)
* Crown Prince (1985)
* The Master (1986)
* Sultan (1991)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/sultans-atemporal-vision-awakened-bodies-1446589|title=Sultan's atemporal vision of awakened bodies|date=2017-08-11|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref>
* Time (1991)
* News from Morelganj (1995)
* One Aroj Ali (1995)
* Novera (1995)
* One Waiting Outside (1995)
* Hasan, of Late (1995)
* Swallow (1996)
* Interview (1997)
* Xanadu: A Journey (1999)
* Shantaru O Jalkanya (The Swimmer And The Mermaid)
* Indur Dour (Rat Race)
* Baishakhe Virginia Woolf (Virginia Woolf In The Summer)
* Shaat Diner America (America In Seven Days)
* Palli Unnayan (Rural Development)<ref name=young/>
* Portrait of a Writer (2008)<ref name=exhibit/>
* Boyhood in British India and Pakistan (2008)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-46330|title=Across a landscape of memory and timeless poetry|date=2008-07-19|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref>
* From The Horse’s Mouth 1965-2000: Memoir Of A Bureaucrat In Pakistan And Bangladesh (2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/from-the-horses-mouth-60580|title=From the 'Horse's Mouth'|date=2015-01-19|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref>
}}

== Awards ==
*[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1977)
*Alakta literary Prize (1993)
*[[Ekushey Padak]] (1994)
*Jagadish Chandra Basu Prize (1995)
*Sher-e-Bangla Prize (1995)
*S.M. Sultan Prize (1995)
*Shilpacharya Zainul Prize (1996)

==Personal life==
Hye was married to Nasreen Hye (d. 2012).<ref name=obit>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-244078|title=Obituary|date=2012-07-30|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref> Together they had a son and a daughter.<ref name=obit/>

==References==
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[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi writers]]
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