Hasan Azizul Huq

Parveen K Elias (Independent Scholar - Asia)

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
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)

Dates

Born 2 Feb 1939
Died 15 Nov 2021

Places

Born in India
Active in Bangladesh

Activities

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Novelist

Resources

Huq's Works

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A powerful short story writer, Hasan Azizul Huq contributed enormously to Bangladeshi fiction. He traversed at ease from Rarh Bangla – a region between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the west and the Ganges Delta on the east – to Bangladesh as he explored the lives of the marginalized and brought them into focus in his fictional vista. A strong proponent of realism in literature, Huq was committed to that famous tenet of William Dean Howells: “realism is nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material”. He derived his material from his rural beginnings and closeness to nature. His locale is often in the remotest corner of the village, where his characters, isolated in their deprivation, frustration, and misery, must deal with both natural calamities and…

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Citation: Elias, Parveen K. "Hasan Azizul Huq". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 August 2021; last revised 08 June 2022. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14609, accessed 23 November 2024.]