Niaz Zaman

Niaz Zaman
Zaman in Feb 2017
Native name নিয়াজ জামান
Born Niaz Ali
Nationality Bangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Occupation university academic, professor, writer

Niaz Zaman (née Ali) is a Bangladeshi academic, writer and a supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka.[1] In 2017, she was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in the translation category.[2]

Education and career

Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from Holy Cross College and M.A. from the University of Dhaka.[3] She joined Dhaka University as a lecturer of English in 1972.[3] She founded her publishing house writers.ink in 2005. Zaman was affiliated to the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D.C. as Educational Attaché for around three years.[1]

Awards

Publications

  • The Confessional Art of Tennessee Williams
  • The Art of Kantha Embroidery
  • A Divided Legacy: The Partition in Selected Novels of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
  • The Crooked Neem Tree
  • The Dance and Other Stories
  • Didima's Necklace and Other Stories
  • The Daily Woman

References

  1. 1 2 "Details of Dr. Niaz Zaman". University of Dhaka. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016 announced". The Daily Star. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Sarah Z Haque (20 May 2007). "In conversation with an academic". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Fayza Haq (8 December 2013). "Dr Niaz Zaman bags Ananya prize 2013". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Niaz Zaman". Institute of South Asian Studies. Natinonal University of Singapore. Retrieved 24 January 2017.



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