Abu Ishaque
modern Bangladeshi author (1926–2003)
Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque (Bengali: আবু ইসহাক; 1 November 1926 – 16 February 2003) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He graduated with a B.A. from Karachi University. He was the deputy director of NSI.
Early life
Ishaque was born in the village of Shirangal in Naria, Faridpur District (now in Shariatpur District) on 1 November 1926. He studied at the Upsi Bijari Taraprasanna English High School, from which he passed his matriculation exam with a scholarship in 1942. In 1944, he completed his IA from Government Rajendra College in Faridpur.
Career
His first story, "Abhishap", was published in 1940 in the Nabajug magazine, which was edited by the activist Kazi Nazrul Islam. This was when Abu Ishaque was still in high school. The story was later featured in the Saogat and The Azad magazines of Calcutta.
His first job was as an inspector for a private institution. Ishaque's first big literary effort, Sūrja-Dīghal Baṛī, was completed in August 1948, though he waited some seven years for a publisher.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4670229. VIAF identifies the subject as 48359090. The Library of Congress control number is n89181504. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1926, 2003, 1942 and 1944.
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