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BiographyBorn in 1950, Dhaka, BangladeshStudied in University of Dhaka and Warwick

UniversityPh.D. in English literature as a

Commonwealth Scholar.Fought in the war for independence in 1971,

during his undergraduate study at Dhaka University.

Has been a faculty of the English Department of Dhaka University since 1975 and is currently a Professor.

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Has judged several amateur writing competition.

Has been the regional Chairperson for Eurasia for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1996 and 1997.

Published books of prose: ‘Quartet’, ‘The Wonders of Vilayet’, ‘Urukkoo: The Woman Who Flew’.

Several published poetry books, among which ‘Published in the Streets of Dhaka: Collected Poems’ and ‘Padma Meghna Jamuna: Modern Poetry from Bangladesh’ are the latest.

Is the only poet belonging to the 2nd generation of poets writing in English In Bangladesh.

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Published In The Streets Of Dhaka

Published in the Streets of Dhaka is a collection of all the poems that Kaiser Haq wanted to preserve from his previous collections and also addition of some new.

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•Snapshot•Summer morning, Warwick•Street Incident•A myth Reworked•Reflection to Gore Vidal’s ‘on prettiness•Crackdown•Bangladesh’71

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SNAPSHOT

Say Cheese!

ButYours Smile

IsCool

AsA

FrogsArse!

•Teases the western culture.

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