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Khodeja Khatun
Born(1917-08-15)August 15, 1917
Mandaldharan village, Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India
DiedFebruary 3, 1990(1990-02-03) (aged 72)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Khodeja Khatun was a Bangladeshi educationist, writer and social worker.[1]

Education and career

In 1939 Khatun became the second Muslim woman of Bengal to obtain a master's degree in Bangla literature from the University of Dhaka. In 1941 she began her career as a lecturer in Lady Brabourne College in Kolkata. After the Partition of India in 1947, she migrated to Dhaka.[1]

From 1960 she served as a professor of Bangla at Eden Girls' College for 8 years and as principal of the Rajshahi Government Women's College for 4 years. Later she served as the principal of Eden Girls' College.[1]

Works

  • Bedonar ei Baluchare (1963)
  • Rupkathar Rajye (1963)
  • Shes Praharer Alo (1969)
  • Sagarika (1969)
  • Bagurar Lokasahitya (1970)
  • Ekti Sur Ekti Gan (1982)
  • Bhindeshi Sera Galpa (1984)
  • Amar Dirgha Bhraman (1985)
  • Shatapuspa (3 vols) (1984, 1989 and 1990)

Awards

  • President's Gold Medal (1967)
  • Nurunnessa Khatun Vidyabinodini Medal (1977)
  • Abdur Razzak Memorial Medal (1984)

References

  1. ^ a b c Md Masud Parvez. "Khatun, Khodeja". Banglapedia. Retrieved Nov 4, 2015.