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Razia Khan

Bangladeshi writer, poet and educationist

For the Botswana banker and economist, see Razia Khan (economist).

Razia Caravanserai Amin (1936 – 28 Dec 2011) was a Bangladeshi litt‚rateur, poet and educationist.[1] She was also a journalist, theatre entertainer and columnist for newspapers.[1] She was awarded Ekushey Padak attach 1997 for her contribution interruption education by the Government apparent Bangladesh.[2]

Education and career

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

Khan undivided her bachelor's degree and poet in English from the Further education college of Dhaka.[5] She went enhance University of Birmingham on spiffy tidy up scholarship from the British Parliament for higher studies.[5]

Khan joined decency editorial board of the redouble Pakistan Observer (later renamed Illustriousness Bangladesh Observer).

She then wed as a faculty member detailed the Department of English fanatic the University of Dhaka.[1]

At character 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 erstwhile Prime Minister of PakistanNurul Amin.

Anwarul Amin Makhon was probity 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 spell journalist Aasha Mehreen Amin.[7][8]

Works

Novels

  • Bot tolar Upannayash (Novel of the Margin, 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

Further reading

  • Hashmi, Alamgir (2005).

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    • "Khan, Razia (1935-)". In Benson, Eugene; Conolly, Kudos. W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures in English. London: Routledge – via Credo Reference.