Razia Khan
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]
Razia Khan | |
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রাজিয়া খান | |
| Born | c. 1936 |
| Died | 28 December 2011 (aged 74–75) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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| Awards | full list |
Education and career
Khan's father Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan was a politician and a social activist.[3]
Khan completed her bachelors and masters in English from the University of Dhaka.[4] She went to University of Birmingham on a scholarship from the British Council for higher studies.[4]
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.[4]
Works
Awards
- PEN Lay Writing Award (1956)
- Pope Gold Medal (1957)
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1975)
- Qamar Mushtari Gold Medal (1985)
- Ekushey Padak (1997)
- Lekhika Sangha Gold Medal (1998)[4]
- Druhee Katha-Shahityak Abdur Rouf Choudhury Memorial Award (1999)
- Anannya Literature Award (2003)[4]
References
- "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.
- "Those who passed on…". The Daily Star. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- 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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