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|native_name=রাজিয়া খান
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|birth_date=1936
|birth_date={{circa|1936}}
|death_date={{death date|2011|12|28|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|2011|12|28|1936|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]] <br /> [[Bangla Academy Award]]
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]] <br /> [[Bangla Academy Award]]
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'''Razia Khan Amin''' (1936 – 28 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi writer, poet and educationist.<ref name=anniv>{{cite news |date=28 December 2013 |title=Razia Khan Amin's 2nd anniversary of death today |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/razia-khan-amins-2nd-anniversary-of-death-today-4332 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> She was also a journalist, theatre actor and columnist for newspapers.<ref name=anniv/> She was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1997 for her contribution to education by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|title=একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=22 July 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>
'''Razia Khan''' (1936 – 28 December 2011) was a [[Bangladesh]]i novelist.


==Education and career==
==Career==
Khan completed her bachelors and masters in English from the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=writer/> She went to [[University of Birmingham]] on a scholarship from the [[[British Council]] for higher studies.<ref name=writer/>
Khan wrote ''Bot tolar Upannayash'' in 1958. Her adolescence was spent reading [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]], [[Sharat Chandra Chatterji]], [[Maxim Gorky|Gorky]], [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]], [[John Galsworthy|Galsworthy]], [[Karl Marx|Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]].<ref>{{cite news |date=28 December 2013 |title=Razia Khan Amin's 2nd anniversary of death today |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/razia-khan-amins-2nd-anniversary-of-death-today-4332 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref>


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.<ref name=anniv/>
She took great interest in acting and performed on both the radio and the stage. She also earned fame for recitation and as a presenter on the radio. An exceptionally brilliant student of English literature, Razia Khan obtained first class first in both Honours and master's degrees, went to the [[University of Birmingham]], UK, on a scholarship from the [[British Council]] for higher studies. On her return she joined the editorial board of the then Pakistan Observer (renamed the [[Bangladesh Observer]] after the independence), but soon left to join the English Department of [[Dhaka University]] which set her career path.


At the age of 18, Khan wrote her first novel ''Bot tolar Upannayash'' in 1958.<ref name=writer/>
Khan died in a city hospital of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 28 December 2011.


==Works==
==Works==


===Novels===
===Novels===
* Bot-tolar Uponyas (Novel of the Wayside, 1959)
* Bot tolar Upannayash (Novel of the Wayside, 1959)
* Anucalpa (The Alrternative,1959)
* Anukalpa (The Alrternative,1959)
* Proticitra (The Blue-Print, 1975)
* Proticitra (The Blue-Print, 1975)
* Citra-kabya (Picturesque Verses, 1980)
* Citra-kabya (Picturesque Verses, 1980)
* He Mahajiban (O! Eternal Life, 1983)
* He Mohajibon (O! Eternal Life, 1983)
* Draupadi (1992)
* Draupadi (1992)<ref name=writer/>
* Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)
* Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)
* Brhastonir
* Shikhor Himaddrir
* Bandi Bihongo<ref name=writer/>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* P.E.N. Drama Award (1956)
* PEN Lay Writing Award (1956)
* Pope Gold Medal (as Distinguished Student of Dhaka university, 1957)
* Pope Gold Medal (as Distinguished Student of Dhaka university, 1957)
* [[Bangla Academy Award]] (1975)
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1975)
* Qamar Mushtari Gold Medal (1985)
* Qamar Mushtari Gold Medal (1985)
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* Lekhika Shangha Gold Medal (1986)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1997)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1997)
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* Lekhika Sangha Gold Medal (1998)<ref name=writer/>
* Druhee Katha-shahityak [[Abdur Rouf Choudhury]] Memorial Award (1999)
* Druhee Katha-Shahityak [[Abdur Rouf Choudhury]] Memorial Award (1999)
* [[Anannya Magazine#Anannya Literature Award|Anannya Literature Award]] (2003)<ref name=writer>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2003/10/05/literature.htm|title=An Unpretentious Writer|date=October 31, 2003|accessdate=July 22, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Shamim Ahsan}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 21:10, 22 July 2017

Razia Khan
রাজিয়া খান
Bornc. 1936
Died28 December 2011(2011-12-28) (aged 74–75)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
AwardsEkushey Padak
Bangla Academy Award

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 completed her bachelors and masters in English from the University of Dhaka.[3] She went to University of Birmingham on a scholarship from the [[[British Council]] for higher studies.[3]

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.[3]

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)[3]
  • Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)
  • Brhastonir
  • Shikhor Himaddrir
  • Bandi Bihongo[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d e f g Shamim Ahsan (October 31, 2003). "An Unpretentious Writer". The Daily Star. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

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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