Razia Khan

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

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(2011-12-28) (aged 74–75) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Children	Aasha Mehreen Amin (daughter)
Father	Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
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

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

• PEN Lay Writing Award (1956)^{[citation needed]}
• Pope Gold Medal (1957)^{[citation needed]}
• Bangla Academy Literary Award (1975)^{[citation needed]}
• Qamar Mushtari Gold Medal (1985)^{[citation needed]}
• Ekushey Padak (1997)^{[citation needed]}
• Lekhika Sangha Gold Medal (1998)^[5]
• Druhee Katha-Shahityak Abdur Rouf Choudhury Memorial Award (1999)^{[citation needed]}
• Anannya Literature Award (2003)^[5]

References

1. "Razia Khan Amin's 2nd anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. 28 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
2. একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
3. "Those who passed on…". The Daily Star. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
4. "Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan: A Celebration Of Courage". Bangladesh on Record. 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

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.