Kaiser Haq
{{Short description|Bangladeshi translator, critic and academic}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kaiser Haq
| native_name = কায়সার হক
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Kaiser Haq's photograph.jpg
| caption = Kaiser Haq at Bangla Academy in Dhaka (Nov 2013)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|12|07}}{{cite web|title=Kaiser Haq|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3401600298/haq-kaiser.html|publisher=encyclopedia.com|accessdate=11 May 2012}}
| birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| occupation = Professor, writer, translator
| nationality = Bangladeshi
|spouse = Dipa Haq (m. 1976; died 1999). Syeda Zinath Haq (Shumi) (m. 2001)
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|
Dhaka College
University of Dhaka|University of Warwick}}
| awards = Bangla Academy Literary Award (2014){{cite news|title=Helal Hafiz wins Bangla Academy award for poetry|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/helal-hafiz-wins-bangla-academy-award-for-poetry-9187|accessdate=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|date=30 January 2014}}
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Kaiser Hamidul Haq (born 7 December 1950) is a Bangladeshi translator, critic and academic. Known for his translations from Bengali into English, Haq is a recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (2013) in the category of translation. He is a former professor of English at the University of Dhaka.{{cite web|title=Kaiser Haq fellowship profile|url=http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowshipscheme/profile.cfm?fellow=72&menu=6|publisher=The Royal Literary Fund|accessdate=11 May 2012|location=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127102739/http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowshipscheme/profile.cfm?fellow=72&menu=6|archive-date=27 November 2011|url-status=dead}} In the liberation war of Bangladesh, he fought against Pakistani Army "as a freshly commissioned subaltern in command of a company".
Education and career
Haq passed SSC from St. Gregory the Great High School and HSC from Dhaka College. He then enrolled into the English Department of University of Dhaka for his BA and MA degrees. He immediately joined the faculty of the same university. After he received Commonwealth Scholarship he moved to England to complete his PhD from University of Warwick in 1981. He continued his research as a Senior Fulbright Scholar and Vilas Fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.{{cite news |author=Anika Hossain |date=7 March 2015 |title=A Literary Giant |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-people/a-literary-giant-68087 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}
After he returned to Bangladesh, he joined the University of Dhaka faculty and went to become professor. As of 2015, he is on leave and is teaching Modern Poetry and Creative writing at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He is also teaching part-time at the universities which include BRAC University, East West University and North South University.
Personal life
Selected publications
=Poetry=
- Pariah and Other Poems (Bengal Lights Books, Dhaka. 2013)
- Published in the Streets of Dhaka: Collected Poems 1966-2006 (writers.ink, Dhaka, 2007). Enlarged, 2012 (UPL)
- The Logopathic Reviewer’s Song and Other Pieces (Aark Arts, London and UPL, Dhaka,2002).
- Black Orchid, London: Aark Arts, 1996.
- A Happy Farewell, Dhaka: UPL, 1994
- Starting Lines, Dhaka, 1978.
- A Little Ado, Dhaka, 1978.
- Selected Poems of Shamsur Rahman (trans.), Dhaka: BRAC, 1985. (Enlarged edition,Dhaka: Pathak Samabesh, 2008)
- Contemporary Indian Poetry (editor), Ohio State University Press, 1990.
=Prose=
- Quartet (trans. of R.Tagore’s Chaturanga), Heinemann, U.K., 1993
- The Wonders of Vilayet (trans. of the first Indian travel book on Europe), Peepal Tree
- Books, Leeds, 2002 (A section, titled ‘Passage to Scotland’, excerpted in The Scotsman). New edition: Delhi, Chroniclebooks, 2007. Bangladeshi edition: Writers Ink
- The Perfect Model and Other Stories by Anis Chowdhury (Dhaka : Writers, Ink) translation
- The Woman Who Flew by Nasreen Jahan (Penguin India 2012)
- The Triumph of The Snake Goddess (Harvard University Press, 2015)
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Category:Bangladeshi male poets
Category:Bengali–English translators
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Dhaka
Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Literary Award in Translation Literature
Category:Academic staff of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh