Hayat Saif: Difference between revisions

|imagesizecaption = 153pxSaif in 2009

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|12|16}}

|birth_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh[[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|5|13|1942|12|16}}

|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh

'''Saiful Islam Khan''' (known as '''Hayat Saif'''; (Hāẏāt̲16 SāiphaDecember :1942 {{lang-bn|হায়াৎ– সাইফ}}13 May 2019)<ref>[https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/05/13/poet-hayat-saif-dies-at-76 Poet Hayat Saif dies at 76]</ref> was a twentieth century modern [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet and literary critic from [[Bangladesh]]. A career bureaucrat, he retired in 2000 and since then was engaged in the corporate private sector and divided his time in [[World Scouting]] and literary and artistic pursuits. He has been translated in English and Spanish and, in Bangladesh, is generally acclaimed as an intellectual interpreter of contemporary life and culture.

Saiful Islam Khan heSaif assumed this pen name in 1961 when contributing to literary journals. In 2005, he was awarded the 305th [[Bronze Wolf]]. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2018 for his contribution in language and literature.<ref>{{cite webnews |script-title=bn:তকীয়ুল্লাহ-মনজুরুল-ফরীদি-কাঞ্চনসহ ২১ জনকে একুশে পদক |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/635578.details |websitework=banglanews24Banglanews24.com |accessdatedate=268 MarchFebruary 20192018 |language=enbn |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

HeSaif was born on 16 December 1942 in Dhaka to Moslem Uddin Khan and Begum Sufia Khan. After high school, he studied [[English literature]] and obtained his M. A. degree in 1965. After graduation, he taught in colleges for about three years and then joined the [[Pakistan]] Superior Service in the Finance cadre in 1968. He was involved in the revenue administration and tax policy making for more than three decades. He acted as Chairman of the National Board of Revenue and retired in 1999. In early 1960s, still a student, he worked as a casual announcer and newscaster in the [[Dhaka]] centre of the then [[Radio Pakistan]] and later in Pakistan Television at Lahore Center. He later continued his interests in broadcasting and telecasting and anchors literary programmers and talk shows.

HeSaif was one of the major poets of Bangladesh belonging to the generation of 1960s who set a clear trend of modern poetry in Bangladesh along with such poets as [[Rafiq Azad]], [[Asad Chowdhury]], [[Mohammad Rafiq (Bangladesh poet)|Mohammad Rafiq]], [[Abdul Mannan Syed]], [[Rabiul Hossain]], [[Imrul Chowdhury]] and others. His publications in Bengali include eight collections of poems apart from two collections of essays and a huge number of poems and articles published in various periodicals. One of his important books is titled ''Pradhānata Māṭi o Mānusha''. His collection of literary essays ''Ukti o Upalabdhi'' was published by Shilpataru in 1992. In 2004, he jointly with [[Mahbub Talukdar]] compiled and published ''A Selection of Contemporary Verse from Bangladesh''. His latest collection of poems ''Prodhanoto Smriti ebong Manusher Pathchola'' (Mainly memories and man's path-walking) published in 2009 contains fifty seven poems "woven in a fine thread of thought".<ref>{{cite news |title=At A Glance |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=27706 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=15 March 2008}}</ref>

There are two collections of some of hisSaif's prominent poems in English rendition.

In 1993, heSaif launched a periodic journal under the title ''Fiscal Frontiers''. He edited it until 2000. ''Fiscal Frontiers'' was focused on revenue policy and administration, fiscal policy and international trade.

HeSaif was working as the Managing Editor of a magazine titled Information Communication and Entertainment, ICE in short, since 2005. This monthly is published from Dhaka.

HisSaif's poetic fervour emerged when he was a student of grade-VIII. In 1962, his first poems published appeared in the literary periodical [[Shomokal]] edited by [[Sikander Abu Zafar]]. In writing poetry, his preferred metrical style in 'Okkherbritta' or 'Poyer', which is the most popular among modern [[Bengali poetry|Bengali]] poems. He is prone to use [[Bengali language]] words of [[Sanskrit]] origin.

HeSaif has beenwas involved in national and international [[Scouts]] movement sincebeginning in the early 1990s. He served as the National Commissioner (Public Relations and Publication) of the [[Bangladesh Scouts]], as well as a member of the [[Asia-Pacific Region Marketing Committee]]. In 2005, he was awarded the 305th ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list|title=List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award|website=www.scout.org|language=en|access-date=2017-07-23|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/6314/59099/file/TR_2002-2005_7_EN.pdf |title=WOSM Membership |website=World Organization of the Scout Movement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003355/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/6314/59099/file/TR_2002-2005_7_EN.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-19 |access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref>

There are two collections of some of hisSaif's prominent poems in English rendition. His publications in Bengali include eight collections of poems apart from two collections of essays and a huge number of poems and articles published in various periodicals.

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