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Kaiser Haq

    Kaiser Hamidul Haq is a Bangladeshi poet, translator, and essayist, recognized as one of the few who excel in creative writing in English. His poems, primarily composed in free verse using standard English, are deeply rooted in Bangladeshi life and culture, earning him international acclaim as a writer worth noticing. Haq's work draws upon both personal experience and a broader cultural and historical context, offering readers a distinctive perspective.

    The Triumph of the Snake Goddess
    • 2015

      The Triumph of the Snake Goddess

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.2(14)Add rating

      The Triumph of the Snake Goddess, a prose translation by the scholar and poet Kaiser Haq, is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic in modern English. Haq's Prologue explores the oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions, and Wendy Doniger's Introduction examines the significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts.

      The Triumph of the Snake Goddess