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
রাজিয়া খান
Bornc.1936
Died28 December 2011(2011-12-28) (aged 74–75)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
ChildrenAasha Mehreen Amin (daughter)
Parent
RelativesNurul Amin (father-in-law)
Awardsfull list

Education and career

Khan's father Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan was a politician and a social activist.[3][4]

Khan completed her bachelor's degree and masters in English from the University of Dhaka.[5] She went to University of Birmingham on a scholarship from the British Council for higher studies.[5]

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.[5]

Personal life

Khan was married to Anwarul Amin Makhon, the second-eldest son of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nurul Amin. Anwarul Amin Makhon was the former general manager of BCCI Bangladesh and opened Bangladesh Bank's first branch abroad (in London).[6] The couple had two children: banker Kaiser Tamiz Amin and journalist Aasha Mehreen Amin.[7][8]

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)[5]
  • Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)
  • Brhastonir
  • Shikhor Himaddrir
  • Bandi Bihongo[5]

Awards

References

  1. "Razia Khan Amin's 2nd anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. 28 December 2013.
  2. একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. "Those who passed on…". The Daily Star. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  4. "Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan: A Celebration Of Courage". Bangladesh on Record. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  5. Shamim Ahsan (31 October 2003). "An Unpretentious Writer". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. Syeda, Maisha (18 December 2021). "Anwarul Amin's memoir revisits the first Bangladeshi bank established abroad". The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
  7. Mazumder, Ershad (2011), "ব্যাঙ্কারদের সামাজিক দায়বদ্ধতা ও মানবিকতা", রাস্তা থেকে বলছি (in Bengali)
  8. "সাহিত্যিক রাজিয়া খানের জন্মদিন আজ". NewsG24 (in Bengali). 16 February 2022.

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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