Education
After he received Commonwealth Scholarship he moved to England to complete his Doctor of Philosophy from University of Warwick in 1981.
After he received Commonwealth Scholarship he moved to England to complete his Doctor of Philosophy from University of Warwick in 1981.
He is one of the few Bangladeshis who excel in creative writings in English. He is a 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".
Haq"s poems, mostly written in free verse in standard English and rooted in Bangladeshi life and culture availed him international acknowledgement as "a writer worth noticing".
Haq passed SSC from Saint Gregory the Great High School and Higher School Certificate from Dhaka College. He then enrolled into the English Department of University of Dhaka for his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees.
He immediately joined the faculty of the same university. He continued his research as a Senior Fulbright Scholar and Vilas Fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
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 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. Contemporary Indian (editor), Ohio State University Press, 1990.
