Hasnat Abdul Hye | |
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হাসনাত আব্দুল হাই | |
 Hye in 2016 | |
| Born | 19 May 1937 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka University of Washington London School of Economics |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist |
| Awards | full list |
Hasnat Abdul Hye (born 19 May 1937) [1] is a Bangladeshi writer and novelist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1994. [2] As of 2017, he has 70 published works in both Bengali and English. [1]
Hye was born in Calcutta in 1937. 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. [1]
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. [1] [3]
Hye wrote his first short story Carnival in 1960. [4] His first travelogue is titled Manhattan and Ten Dollars. [4] 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. [5]
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. [4]
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. [6] The publication angered readers and amid protests Prothom Alo issued an apology and retracted the story. [7] 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". [8] [9] The High Court later rejected the writ petition. [10]
Hye was married to Nasreen Hye (d. 2012). [14] Together they had a son and a daughter. [14]
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