Noted writer Hasan Azizul Haque no more
He breathed his last at 9:15pm tonight at his residence
Prominent short story writer of contemporary Bangla literature Hasan Azizul Haque passed away at the age of 82.
Fazle Hossain Badsha, Rajshahi-2 lawmaker, wrote on a Facebook post about the writer's demise.
He breathed his last at 9:15pm tonight at his residence in Rajshahi.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at his death.
Hasan Azizul Haque was a professor of Philosophy at Rajshahi University.
Throughout over 50 years of his remarkable and prestigious literary career, Azizul has published short stories illustrating a uniquely exquisite form of literary language.
His stories thematically signify the utmost realistic portrayal of the suffering of farmers and working class people as well as the discrimination against working class women and their distress.
He also wrote about historic events and their realities focusing on the gruesome effects of the Partition of Bengal followed by an inhumane communal violence as well as Liberation War of Bangladesh and its aftermath.
Samudrer Swapna, Shiter Aranya (1964) is the first published volume of the writer.
Some of the other notable ones are: Atmaja o Ekti Karabi Gaachh (1967), Jeeban Ghase Agun (1973), Pataale, Haspataale (1981), Ma Meyer Sansar (1997), Raarbanger Golpo (1999).
Namhin Gotrohin (1974) portrays the reality of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
He has also composed two volumes of essays, Kathakataa (1981), and Aprakasher Bhaar (1988).
