Kaiser Haq

Kaiser Hamidul Haq (born 7 December 1950) is a Bangladeshi translator, critic and academic. Known for his translations from Bengali into English, Haq is a recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in the category of translation. He is a former 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".

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.

Personal life 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) .

Selected publications

Poetry Pariah and Other Poems (Bengal Lights Books, Dhaka. 2013) Published in the Streets of Dhaka: Collected Poems 1966-2006 (writers.ink, Dhaka, 2007). Enlarged, 2012 (UPL) The Logopathic Reviewer’s Song and Other Pieces (Aark Arts, London and UPL, Dhaka, 2002). Black Orchid, London: Aark Arts, 1996. A Happy Farewell, Dhaka: UPL, 1994 Starting Lines, Dhaka, 1978. A Little Ado, Dhaka, 1978. Selected Poems of Shamsur Rahman (trans.), Dhaka: BRAC, 1985. (Enlarged edition, Dhaka: Pathak Samabesh, 2008) Contemporary Indian Poetry (editor), Ohio State University Press, 1990.

Prose Quartet (trans. of R.Tagore’s Chaturanga), Heinemann, U.K., 1993 The Wonders of Vilayet (trans. of the first Indian travel book on Europe), Peepal Tree Books, Leeds, 2002 (A section, titled ‘Passage to Scotland’, excerpted in The Scotsman). New edition: Delhi, Chroniclebooks, 2007. Bangladeshi edition: Writers Ink The Perfect Model and Other Stories by Anis Chowdhury (Dhaka : Writers, Ink) translation The Woman Who Flew by Nasreen Jahan (Penguin India 2012) The Triumph of The Snake Goddess (Harvard University Press, 2015)