Professor
Dr Mohammad Shafiqul Islam (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-4645) is Professor in the Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His research interests encompass, but are not restricted to, Postcolonialism, World Literature, Translation Studies, Anthropocene, and South Asian Literature. Other than scholarly work in literature, he is committed to creative writing, especially poetry, and literary translation. Dr Islam is the author of two poetry collections, most recently Inner State, and the translator of several books, including The Glorious Afternoon, Selected Poems: Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah, Humayun Ahmed: Selected Short Stories, and Aphorisms of Humayun Azad. His research articles, poetry, and translation have appeared in Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Critical Survey, Journal of World Literature, South Asian Review, English: Journal of the English Association, The Review of English Studies, English in Education, Comparative Literature: East & West, Forum for World Literature Studies, Journal of Poetry Therapy, Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies, Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, Massachusetts Review, Modern Poetry in Translation, Five Points, Delos, Poem: International English Language Quarterly, Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, Dibur Literary Journal, Lunch Ticket, and elsewhere. His work has been anthologised in a number of books, including The Book of Dhaka: A City in Short Fiction, The Best Asian Poetry, When the Mango Tree Blossomed, An Ekushey Anthology: 1952-2022, Meet Human Meat and Other Stories, Of the Nation Born, Poems from the SAARC Region, Kazi Nazrul Islam: Selections, and Monsoon Letters: Collection of Poems. He has also presented a good number of papers in international conferences and participated in workshops on literary translation and creative writing at home and abroad, including the ones organized by University of East Anglia, UK, and San Pellegrino University, Italy. He has also presented a paper on Translating Women at the University of London, UK. Dr Islam is currently at work on his third collection of poetry and a few research and translation projects, including The Letters of Kazi Nazrul Islam. He may be communicated at email: msislam-eng@sust.edu or mobile phone: +8801712282136.