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 bachelor's degree 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

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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