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Razia Khan
Razia Khan
রাজিয়া খান
Born	c. 1936
Died	28 December 2011 (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

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'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

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ "Those who passed on…". The Daily Star. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ Mazumder, Ershad (2011), "ব্যাঙ্কারদের সামাজিক দায়বদ্ধতা ও মানবিকতা", রাস্তা থেকে বলছি (in Bengali)
^ "সাহিত্যিক রাজিয়া খানের জন্মদিন আজ". NewsG24 (in Bengali). 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.