Hasnat Abdul Hye

Hasnat Abdul Hye (born 19 May 1937)[1] is a Bangladeshi writer and novelist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1994.[2] As of 2017, he has 70 published works in both Bengali and English.[1]

Hasnat Abdul Hye
হাসনাত আব্দুল হাই
Hye in 2016
Born (1937-05-19) 19 May 1937
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
University of Washington
London School of Economics
OccupationWriter, novelist
Awardsfull list

Early life and education

Hye was born in Calcutta in 1939. His hometown is Sayedabad village, Kasba, BrahmanBaria. He studied economics at the University of Dhaka, the University of Washington, London School of Economics and development studies at Cambridge University.[1]

Career

Hye taught economics at the University of Dhaka for two years before joining the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1965. He retired as a full Secretary of the Bangladesh Government in 2000.[1][3]

Works

Hye wrote his first short story Carnival in 1960.[4] His first travelogue is titled Manhattan and Ten Dollars.[4] In 1995, he wrote Novera, a novel based on the life story of the sculptor Novera Ahmed. In 2017, the book was adapted to a stage monodrama, acted by Samiun Jahan Dola.[5]

In 2008, he published Boyhood in British India and Pakistan, a collection of autobiographical columns that appeared in Daily News under the banner Aide Memoire. This covers a period from 1943 to 1954.[4]

TV Camerar Samne Meyeti

On 14 April 2013, Hye published a short story, titled TV Camerar Samne Meyeti (The Girl In Front Of The TV Camera) on the daily newspaper Prothom Alo. The store centers around a politically active girl Seema leading the slogan shouting brigade who is sexually exploited by a senior politician, the man who recruits her. The story suggested her popularity stemmed from her sexual free-mixing with males.[6] The publication angered readers and amid protests Prothom Alo issued an apology and retracted the story.[7] Few days later, M Wahiduzzaman, a professor at the University of Dhaka, filed a petition with the High Court as a public interest litigation saying the story written by Hye "is provocative and insulting to the women of the society".[8] [9] The High Court later rejected the writ petition.[10]

Books
  • Shuprobhat, Bhalobasha (Good morning, Love) (1977)
  • My Assassin (1980)
  • The Whale (1981)
  • The Great Man (1982)
  • Crown Prince (1985)
  • The Master (1986)
  • Sultan (1991)[11]
  • Time (1991)
  • News from Morelganj (1995)
  • One Aroj Ali (1995)
  • Novera (1995)
  • One Waiting Outside (1995)
  • Hasan, of Late (1995)
  • Swallow (1996)
  • Interview (1997)
  • Xanadu: A Journey (1999)
  • Shantaru O Jalkanya (The Swimmer And The Mermaid)
  • Indur Dour (Rat Race)
  • Baishakhe Virginia Woolf (Virginia Woolf In The Summer)
  • Shaat Diner America (America In Seven Days)
  • Palli Unnayan (Rural Development)[1]
  • Portrait of a Writer (2008)[4]
  • Boyhood in British India and Pakistan (2008)[12]
  • From The Horse’s Mouth 1965-2000: Memoir Of A Bureaucrat In Pakistan And Bangladesh (2015)[13]

Awards

Personal life

Hye was married to Nasreen Hye (d. 2012).[14] Together they had a son and a daughter.[14]

References
  1. "Still Young at Heart and Eloquent". The Daily Star. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. "Prothom Alo retracts story amid protests". bdnews24.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  4. "Hasnat Abdul Hye's book exhibition". The Daily Star. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. "Learning about Novera gave me strength". The Daily Star. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. "Prothom Alo retracts story amid protests". bdnews24.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. "Prothom Alo apologises". The Daily Star. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. "Petition filed for prosecuting Hasnat Abdul Hye". The Daily Star. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. "HC moved to arrest Hasnat Abdul Hye". bdnews24.com. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  10. "HC rejects petition against Hasnat for his story". The Daily Star. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  11. "Sultan's atemporal vision of awakened bodies". The Daily Star. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. "Across a landscape of memory and timeless poetry". The Daily Star. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  13. "From the 'Horse's Mouth'". The Daily Star. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  14. "Obituary". The Daily Star. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2017.


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