Kaiser Haq
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Kaiser Haq at Bangla Academy in Dhaka (Nov 2013)
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| Native name | কায়সার হক |
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7 December 1950 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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| Occupation | Professor, writer, translator |
| Spouse(s) | Dipa Haq (m. 1976; died 1999). Syeda Zinath Haq (Shumi) (m. 2001) |
| Awards | Bangla Academy Award (2014) |
Kaiser Hamidul Haq (born 7 December 1950) is a Bangladeshi poet, translator, essayist, critic and academic. He is one of the few Bangladeshis who excel in creative writings in English. He is a professor of English at the University of Dhaka. In the liberation war of Bangladesh, he fought against Pakistani Army "as a freshly commissioned subaltern in command of a company". Haq's poems, mostly written in free verse in standard English and rooted in Bangladeshi life and culture availed him international acknowledgement as "a writer worth noticing".
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.
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.
Kaiser married Dipa Haq in 1976. She died in 1999.
Kaiser married Syeda Zinath Haq (Shumi) on 15 April 2001. They have a daughter, Raina Haq (20 December 2003) .
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