[1] Hasan Azizul Haque buried in RU central library premises
DOT Desk: [2] Noted short story writer of contemporary Bangla literature Hasan Azizul Haque was laid to rest yesterday in the central library premises of Rajshahi University, following his namaz-e-janaza after Johr prayers, reports TBS.
[3] At 11.25am, he was taken to the RU Department of Philosophy from his residence, where teachers and students paid their respects.
[4] Later at 12pm, he was kept at the Shaheed Minar of the university for people from all walks of life to pay their last respects to the writer.
[5] Sajjad Bakul, associate professor of Mass Communication and Journalism, RU, said that the initial plan was to bury the writer in the university graveyard but later at night it was decided that he would be buried in the central library premises of the university.
[6] The 82-year old writer breathed his last at 9:15pm on Monday night at his residence in Rajshahi.
[7] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at his death.
[8] In a message of condolence, she said, “Hasan Azizul Haque will be remembered for his literary and creative works.” The premier prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
Leaders of socio-political organisations, cultural activists, economists, teachers, students and other professionals have mourned his death.
Hasan Azizul Haque was a professor of Philosophy at Rajshahi University.
Throughout over 50 years of his remarkable and prestigious literary career, Azizul has published short stories illustrating a uniquely exquisite form of literary language.
His stories contain the utmost realistic portrayal of the sufferings of farmers and working class people as well as the discrimination against working class women and their distresses.
He also wrote about historic events and their realities focusing on the gruesome effects of the Partition of Bengal followed by an inhumane communal violence as well as the Liberation War of Bangladesh and its aftermath.
Samudrer Swapna, Shiter Aranya (1964) is the first published volume of the writer.
Some of the other notable ones are: Atmaja o Ekti Karabi Gaachh (1967), Jeeban Ghase Agun (1973), Pataale, Haspataale (1981), Ma Meyer Sansar (1997), Raarbanger Golpo (1999).