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 | |
| Born | c. 1936 |
| Died | 28 December 2011 (aged 74–75) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Children | Aasha Mehreen Amin (daughter) |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Nurul Amin (father-in-law) |
| Awards | full 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
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)[5]
- Druhee Katha-Shahityak Abdur Rouf Choudhury Memorial Award (1999)
- Anannya Literature Award (2003)[5]
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.
- "Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan: A Celebration Of Courage". Bangladesh on Record. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- Shamim Ahsan (31 October 2003). "An Unpretentious Writer". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- Syeda, Maisha (18 December 2021). "Anwarul Amin's memoir revisits the first Bangladeshi bank established abroad". The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
- Mazumder, Ershad (2011), "ব্যাঙ্কারদের সামাজিক দায়বদ্ধতা ও মানবিকতা", রাস্তা থেকে বলছি (in Bengali)
- "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.