Hafiz Rashid Khan ( bn, হাফিজ রশিদ খান, born June 23, 1961) is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

postcolonialist Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. More specifically, it is a ...

poet, author, editor, journalist and Adibaasi researcher. His literary philosophy mostly comes from the practice of the Neo-colonialism and known as

writer and reputed for working in the tribal area at the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. As of 2019, he wrote moreless twenty-five titles including fifteen poetry and eight criticism. In 1982 at his twenty one years age his first poetry was published from Chittagong. In 2018 he published fifteen and the last poetry book titled ''Dinga Bhase Dakshin Samudrey''. He received several awards including, Chittagong City Corporation Literary Award for contributing in Bengali essay, honoured by Chittagong City Corporation in 2016. He also awarded Kolkata Little Magazine Library Award by

Kolkata Little Magazine Library And Research Center Kolkata Little Magazine Library And Research Center is a privately owned library of alternative and experimental literary magazines in Kolkata, India. It was founded by Sandip Dutta on 23 June 1978 with a small number of periodicals which grew ...

for editing his magazine ''Pushpakroth''.

Biography

Hafiz Rashid Khan was born on June 23, 1961 in Banshkhali,

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

(now

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

). His father was a government employee. He grew up at Sulakbahar area. Hafiz earned a bachelor degree from the University of Chittagong. He currently served as a journalist at the daily newspaper ''

Suprobhat Bangladesh ''Suprobhat Bangladesh'' (Bengali: সুপ্রভাত বাংলাদেশ ''Suprobhat Bangladesh'' "Good Morning Bangladesh") is a regional daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Chittagong in the Bengali language. Rusho Mahmud h ...

'' in Chattogram.

Literary works

In 1982, Hafiz was published his first poetry ''Jostna Kemon Phutechhe''. He works with several literary magazines during his early writings career. ''Renaissance'', ''Dhaner Sheeshe Gaan'', ''Brishti'', '' Samujjal Sabatash'' since 1991, and ''Pushpakroth'' since 1993.

Personal life

Hafiz married Milattunnesa Khanom in 1995. They have two daughters Naisa Hafiz Khan Oichchhik and Raisa Hafiz Khan Oihik.

Bibliography

Poetry

}'' , , 1982 , , , , , - , ''Choragopta Dubopahar'' , , '' bn, চোরাগোপ্তা ডুবোপাহাড়'' , , 1988 , , , , , - , ''Lohito Mandolin'' , , '' bn, লোহিত ম্যান্ডোলিন'' , , 1991 , , , , , - , ''Swapnakhander Rokeya Begam Ruku'' , , '' bn, স্বপ্নখন্ডের রোকেয়া বেগম রুকু'' , , 1995 , , , , , - , ''Adivasi Kabya'' , , '' bn, আদিবাসী কাব্য'' , , 1997 , , Pushpakaratha , , , - , ''Totemer Rate Hotyakando'' , , '' bn, টোটেমের রাতে হত্যাকান্ড'' , , 2002 , , , , , - , ''Jumpaharer Om'' , , '' bn, জুমপাহাড়ের ওম'' , , 2002 , , , , , - , ''Ai Shundar Aamang Harabo Na'' , , '' bn, এই সুন্দর আমাঙ হারাবো না'' , , 2006 , , , , , - , ''Adivasi Kabitasongroho'' , , '' bn, আদিবাসী কবিতাসংগ্রহ'' , , 2010 , ,

Agamee Prakashani Agamee Prakashani () is a Bangladeshi publishing house located in Dhaka. It was founded in 1986 by Osman Gani. As of 2015, it has more than 2000 publications in both Bengali and English. Awards Agamee Prakashani has won several awards, including: ...

, , , - , ''Ghurnir Goenda Ghera'' , , '' bn, ঘূর্ণির গোয়েন্দা ঘেরা'' , , 2012 , ,

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, , , - , ''Porshiwala Jagoo'' , , '' bn, পড়শিওয়ালা জাগো'' , , 2013 , , Shudhwswar , , , - , ''Roder Poster'' , , '' bn, রোদের পোস্টার'' , , 2014 , , Prottayalir , , , - , ''Lord Clive'er Pothikera'' , , '' bn, লর্ড ক্লাইভের পথিকেরা'' , , 2015 , , , , , - , ''Kobitar Karabas Kobitar Mukti'' , , '' bn, কবিতার কারাবাস কবিতার মুক্তি'' , , 2015 , , Aditya Anik Publication , , , - , ''Pratnajibaner Ratno'' , , '' bn, প্রত্নজীবনের রত্ন'' , , 2017 , , Aditya Anik Publication , , , - , ''Dinga Bhase Dakshin Samudrey'' , , '' bn, ডিঙা ভাসে দক্ষিণ সমুদ্রে'' , , 2018 , , , ,

Others poetry

* ''Phulbariar Nihoto Polashguli'' (1984) * ''Sundirer Durgo'' (1984) * ''Shreshtho Kobita'' (2019)

Criticism

} , , , , Editor , - , 2001 , , ''Amader Kabita O Adibasi Prasaṅga'' , , bn, আমাদের কবিতা ও আদিবাসী প্রসঙ্গ , , , , , - , 2004 , , ''Adivasi Probondho'' , , bn, আদিবাসী প্রবন্ধ , , , , , - , 2005 , , ''Nirbachito Adivasi Gadya'' , , bn, নির্বাচিত আদিবাসী গদ্য , , Adorn Publication , , , - , 2009 , , ''Aronner Subasito Phul'' , , bn, অরণ্যের সুবাসিত ফুল , , Pathsutra , , , - , 2009 , , ''Adibasi Jibon Adibasi Sonskriti'' , , bn, আদিবাসী জীবন আদিবাসী সংস্কৃতি , , Adorn Publication , , , - , 2016 , , ''Alos Korotali'' , , bn, অলস করতালি , , , , , - , 2016 , , ''Uzani Chara Lamoni Dhar'' , , bn, উজানি ছড়া লামনি ধার , , , , , - , 2016 , , ''Kabitar Karabas Kabitar Mukti'' , , bn, কবিতার কারাবাস কবিতার মুক্তি , , Aditya Anik Publication , ,

Teenage Literature

} , , Aditya Anik Publication , ,

Editorial

* Renaissance * Dhaner Sheeshe Gaan * Brishti * Samujjal Sabatash (first edition in 1991) * Pushpakroth (first edition in 1993)

Awards and honors

References

Sources

External links

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