Sanaul Haque Khan

Sanaul Haque Khan
Sanaul
CitizenshipBangladesh
OccupationPoet
Writing career
Period20th century
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsBangla Academy Literary Award (2012)

Sanaul Haque Khan, also spelled Sanaul Haq Khan, is a modern poet in Bengali literature.[1][2][3]

Career

Khan started writing in 1967 with Andho Karotali being his first published poem. He is one of the country’s publicity-shy, mystic, reclusive poet had been writing verses of different taste for last five decades. Starting from 1967 he has, so far, composed more than 3000 poems. His recent poems have added a new dimension to his quest for establishing harmonious relationship with the eternity and the ultimate truth guiding the universe. His spiritual voyage as it continues through his creation of extraordinary poems, has made him oblivious about cheap publicity and popularity. In his journey to reach the ultimate truth, he has given more attention and thought to eternal love, compassion and mystic spirituality. [4] He was one of a number of poets who came to prominence in the 1970s.[5] His contemporaries were Abid Azad, and Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah.[5]

Khan is a member of the Bangladesh Sports Press Association.[6][7]

Khan was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2012.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Today's women owe it to Nurjahan Begum". The Daily Star. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  2. ↑ Poems on Bangladesh. Usha Chatterjee. 1971. p. 49.
  3. ↑ Pakistan (Pakistan), East (October 1962). The Dacca Gazette. p. 2258.
  4. ↑ "Kobi Sanaul Haque Khan". Kobi Sanaul Haque Khan. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  5. 1 2 "Abdullah Abu Sayeed: Spreading the light of learning". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Rana reelected as BSPA president". The Daily Star. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  7. ↑ "BSPA election held". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  8. ↑ "Bangla Academy Awards announced". bdnews24.com. 2013-02-18. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Eminent poets Sanaul Haque and Abid Anwar are among the recipients of this year's Bangla Academy Literary Award for their contribution to Bangla literature.
  9. ↑ "Bangla Academy Literary Award Announcement". Daily Janakantha. February 19, 2013. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2014.