Syed Shamsul Haq was born on 27 December 1935, in Kurigram, Bengal Presidency British India. He was a Bangladeshi writer.
He wrote poetry, fiction, plays (mostly in verse), music lyrics, and essays. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school-level, secondary, higher-secondary, and graduation-level Bengali literature in Bangladesh.
He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1966 (the youngest among all to receive it), Ekushey Padak in 1984, and Independence Day Award in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contributions to Bangla literature.
On 27 September 2016, he died of lung cancer at the age of 80 in Dhaka.
