Razia Khan
Razia Khan | |
|---|---|
রাজিয়া খান | |
| Born | c. 1936 |
| Died | 28 December 2011 (aged 74–75) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Awards | Ekushey Padak Bangla Academy Award |
Razia Khan Amin (1936 – 28 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi writer, poet and educationist.[1] She was also a journalist, theatre actor and columnist for newspapers.[1] She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 for her contribution to education by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]
Education and career
Khan completed her bachelors and masters in English from the University of Dhaka.[3] She went to University of Birmingham on a scholarship from the British Council for higher studies.[3]
Khan joined the editorial board of the then Pakistan Observer (later renamed The Bangladesh Observer). She then joined as a faculty member of the Department of English of the University of Dhaka.[1]
At the age of 18, Khan wrote her first novel Bot tolar Upannayash in 1958.[3]
Works
Novels
- Bot tolar Upannayash (Novel of the Wayside, 1959)
- Anukalpa (The Alrternative, 1959)
- Proticitra (The Blue-Print, 1975)
- Citra-kabya (Picturesque Verses, 1980)
- He Mohajibon (O! Eternal Life, 1983)
- Draupadi (1992)[3]
- Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)
- Brhastonir
- Shikhor Himaddrir
- Bandi Bihongo[3]
Awards
- PEN Lay Writing Award (1956)
- Pope Gold Medal (as Distinguished Student of Dhaka university, 1957)
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1975)
- Qamar Mushtari Gold Medal (1985)
- Ekushey Padak (1997)
- Lekhika Sangha Gold Medal (1998)[3]
- Druhee Katha-Shahityak Abdur Rouf Choudhury Memorial Award (1999)
- Anannya Literature Award (2003)[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Razia Khan Amin's 2nd anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. 28 December 2013.
- ^ "একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ" [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Shamim Ahsan (31 October 2003). "An Unpretentious Writer". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
Further reading
- Hashmi, Alamgir (2005). "Khan, Razia (1935-)". In Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L. W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures in English. London: Routledge – via Credo Reference.
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