Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq | |
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আবুল কাসেম ফজলুল হক | |
![]() Huq in 2015 | |
President of Bangla Academy | |
Assumed office 27 October 2024 | |
Preceded by | Selina Hossain |
Personal details | |
Born | Pakundia,Bengal Province,British India | 30 September 1940
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Children | Faisal Abedin Deepan |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Occupation | Professor,writer |
Awards | Bangla Academy Literary Award (1981) |
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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] On 27 October 2024,the interim government has appointed Haq as the new president of Bangla Academy for a three-year term. [6]
Haq was born in Pakundia,Kishoreganj in the then Bengal Province,British India to Muhammad Abdul Hakim and Jahanara Khatun. [7]
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. [1] [7] While studying at the university,he came in contact with Munir Chowdhury,Ahmed Sharif,Humayun Azad,Nilima Ibrahim and was introduced to progressive ideas.
Haq was a faculty member of the Department of Bengali at the University of Dhaka for more than forty years. [8] He has been editing the literary magazine called Lokayata since 1982. He is the convener of the "State Language Bengali Protection Committee" formed with the goal to ensure Bangla language usage everywhere. [8]
Haq is married to Farida Pradhan. [7] Their son,Faisal Arefin Dipan,a publisher,was murdered by a jihadist group in 2015. [9]