Syed Shamsul Haque
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Early life
Haq was born in Kurigram on 27 December 1935 to Syed Siddique Husain, a homeopathic physician, and Halima Khatun.[4] He was the eldest of the eight children.[3] In 1951, he went to Bombay to work as an assistant to film director Kamal Amrohi while he was making his film Mahal but left the job the next year.[5]
Personal life
Haq was married to Anwara Syed Haq. She is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.[4] Together they have one daughter, Bidita Sadiq, and one son, Ditio Syed-Haq.[2][6]
On 27 September 2016, he died of lung cancer at the age of 80 in Dhaka.[7]
Work
Haq wrote poetry, fiction, plays (mostly in verse), music lyrics and essays. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali literature in Bangladesh.
Haq also wrote songs, including "Jar Chaya Poreche Monero Aynate" and "Haire Manush Rongin Fanush".[2]
- Poetry
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- Novels
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- Stories
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- Films
- Phir Milengey Hum Dono (1966), screenwriter and director[8]
- Plays
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- Translations
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Awards
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1966)
- Adamjee Literary Award (1969)
- Alakta Gold Medal (1982)
- Alaol Literary Award (1983)
- Kabitalap Award (1983)
- Literary Award of the Association of Women Writers
- Ekushey Padak (1984)
- TENAS Medal (1990)
- Jebunnessa-Mahbubullah Gold Medal (1985)
- Padabali Kabita Award (1987)
- Nasiruddin Gold Medal (1990)
- National Poetry Award (1997)
- Independence Day Award (2000)
- National Poetry Honour (2001)
- Premchand Fellowship of Sahitya Akademi of India (2010)[9]
References
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Further reading
- Golpo Songroho (Collected Stories), the national textbook of B.A. (pass and subsidiary) course of Bangladesh, published by University of Dhaka in 1979 (reprint in 1986).
- Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
- Syed Shamsul Haq (https://en.bdnovels.org/361/)
External links
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- 1935 births
- 2016 deaths
- Bangladeshi male poets
- Bengali male poets
- Bengali-language poets
- Bangladeshi critics of religions
- Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
- Recipients of the Independence Award
- Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
- Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
- Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award
- Deaths from lung cancer in Bangladesh