Fayeza Hasanat

Sohana Manzoor (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh)

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born c. 1960

Places

Born in Bangladesh
Active in Bangladesh; America - Central

Activities

Primary

Prose writer

Resources

Fayeza Hasanat (1966- ) is a Bangladeshi-American author, academic and translator. Educated in Bangladesh and the US, she currently teaches in the English Department at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. She resides in Orlando with her husband and their two children. Her fiction, nonfiction, and translation works have been published nationally and internationally.

Hasanat completed her BA Honours and MA in English with distinction from the University of Dhaka. She joined her alma mater as a Lecturer in English after graduation. After teaching for a few years, she went on a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Florida to do a second Master’s. She returned to Bangladesh to teach for a few years …

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Citation: Manzoor, Sohana. "Fayeza Hasanat". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 November 2020 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14616, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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