Niaz Zaman

Niaz Zaman (née Ali) is a Bangladeshi translator and a supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka.^[1] She was awarded 2016 Bangla Academy Literary Award in the translation category.^[2]

Niaz Zaman
নিয়াজ জামান
Zaman in Feb 2017
Born	Niaz Ali
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Occupation(s)	university academic, professor, writer
Awards	Ekushey Padak (2025)

Education and career

Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from Holy Cross College and M.A. from the University of Dhaka.^[3] She joined Dhaka University as a lecturer of English in 1972.^[3] She founded her publishing house writers.ink in 2005. Zaman was affiliated to the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D.C. as Educational Attaché for around three years.^[1]

Awards

• Bangla Academy Literary Award (2017)^{[citation needed]}
• Ananya Award (2013)^[4]
• National Archives Award^[5]
• Asiaweek Short Story Award^[5]

Publications

• The Confessional Art of Tennessee Williams
• The Art of Kantha Embroidery
• A Divided Legacy: The Partition in Selected Novels of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
• The Crooked Neem Tree
• The Dance and Other Stories, including The Daily Woman
• Didima's Necklace and Other Stories
• Princess Kalabati and Other Tales

References

1. "Details of Dr. Niaz Zaman". University of Dhaka. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
2. "Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016 announced". The Daily Star. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
3. Sarah Z Haque (20 May 2007). "In conversation with an academic". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
4. Fayza Haq (8 December 2013). "Dr Niaz Zaman bags Ananya prize 2013". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
5. "Niaz Zaman". Institute of South Asian Studies. Natinonal University of Singapore. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

External links

• Media related to Neaz Zaman at Wikimedia Commons