Most of the writers who were contributing in the pre-liberation period were also very creative in this period. Rashid Karim wrote novels based on middle-class society and their societal and psychological analysis. Alauddin Al-Azad, Shawkat Ali, Razia Khan and Dilara Hashim, Mahmudul Haque, Ahmad Sofa, Syed Shamsul Haq is among other notable names. Syed Shamsul Haq, commonly known as Syed Huq, wrote a good number of novels along with a huge number of books of other genres. He is always very experimental in both technique and form. "Khelaram Khele Ja" placed him in great controversy for his open delineation of human sexual behaviour. In his novels like "Duratto", "Mahashunye Poran Master", "Ek Juboker Chhayapoth" etc. Liberation war, its consequences, hopeless human existence and analysis of human mind and society take sharp pen-picture. Another powerful writer Shawkat Ali wrote "Prodoshe Praakritojon", which is a real representation of the twelfth century Bengali during King Lakhkhan Sen. His trilogy "Dakshinayaner Din", "Kulaya Kalasrot" and "Purbaratri Purbadin" deserve much compliment. Mahmudul Haque wrote "Anur Pathshala" before liberation war in 1967. He wrote "Nirapod Tondra", "Khelaghar" (written 1978, published 1988), "Kalo Borof" (written in 1977, published in 1992), and "Matir Jahaj" (written in 1977, published in 1996). Ahmad Sofa, wrote novels with different tone. In "Onkar" (1975) he portrayed the suppressed Bangali mind of the pre-liberation period in a very artistic and symbolic way. In "Gaavi Brityanto" he presents the contemporary picture in a meticulous allegory. "Ardhek Nari Ardhek Ishwari", a novel of romantic love, is widely considered as his masterpiece. His "Pushpa Brikhkha Ebong Bihongo Puran" is a narration of true human affinity to nature.