Razia Khan

Razia Khan ( _bn. রাজিয়া খান), (1936) is a renowned modern female Bangladeshi author, especially famous for her contributions as a novelist.

Life

[http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2003/10/05/literature.htm Razia Khan]

Her first creative impulses found expressions in rhymes, Brishti poriya jay/mushol dharay…….. She was only 8 then. By 15 she was writing full-fledged novels and at 18 she wrote "Bot tolar Upannayash" that created quite a stir when it was published in 1958. Her adolescence was spent reading Tagore, Sharat Chandra, Gorky, Shaw, Galsworthy and Marx Engels.

A novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, short story writer Razia Khan has not written enormously, but whatever she has written will be treasured along with the immortal works of Bangla literature.

Though her first love was writing and literature she didn't limit herself just there. 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 Masters 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. Among all these she has, however, continued with her first and ever-lasting love of writing.

Works

Novels

*Bot-tolar Uponyas (Novel of the Wayside, 1959)
*Anucalpa (The Alrternative,1959)
*Proticitra (The Blue-Print, 1975)
*Citra-kabya (Picturesque Verses, 1980)
*He Mahajiban (O! Eternal Life, 1983)
*Draupadi (1992)
*Padatik (The Pedestrian, 1996)

Awards

*P.E.N. Drama Award (1956)
*Pope Gold Medal (as Distinguished Student of Dhaka university, 1957)
*Bangla Academy Award (1975)
*Qamar Mushtari Gold Medal (1985)
*Lekhika Shangha Gold Medal (1986)
*Ekushey Padak (1997)
*Druhee Katha-shahityak Abdur Rouf Choudhury Memorial Award (1999)

External links

* [http://www.bangladeshinovels.com/page/home.html Bangladeshi Novels]