Razia khan biography books

Bangladeshi writer, poet and educationist

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]

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 ag