Razia Khan

Razia Khan
Razia Khan
	রাজিয়া খান
Born	c. 1936
Died	28 December 2011 (aged 74–75); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Parent(s)	Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan (father);
Awards	full list

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'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

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)[4]
Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)
Brhastonir
Shikhor Himaddrir
Bandi Bihongo[4]

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.