Kaiser Hamidul Haq

Mohammad A. Quayum (Flinders University)

Ed. by John Thieme, University of East Anglia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

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Born 1950
Activity 1970-ongoing

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Born in Bangladesh
Active in Bangladesh

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South Asia has a rich tradition of Anglophone literature, which started in British Bengal with the publication of two volumes of poetry,

Poems

(1827) and

The Fakir of Jungheera:A Metrical Tale and Other Poems

(1828), by the Eurasian Henry Louis Vivian Derozio. Bengal has produced many distinguished writers in the language since, but not many of them happen to have been from Bangladesh (formerly East Bengal). Calcutta (now Kolkata) being the capital of British India during the early years of colonization (until 1911), was also the most westernised and cosmopolitan part of the country. Consequently, it became the hub of Anglophone literary activity during the colonial period, with East Bengal playing a secondary role. Unfortunately, this circumstance has not changed, in spite of a sea…

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Citation: Quayum, Mohammad A.. "Kaiser Hamidul Haq". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 November 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1974, accessed 22 November 2024.]