Writer Razia Amin passes away

Dhaka, Dec 28 (bdnews24.com)-Noted writer and Dhaka University professor Razia Khan Amin passed away in a city hospital on Wednesday. She was 75.

Amin is survived by her husband, a son and a daughter.

She died at 7:30pm at Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital in Gulshan, according to her daughter Aasha Mehreen Amin, magazine editor at the English newspaper The Daily Star.

Amin was a professor of English and American Literature at Dhaka University. She was the daughter of politician and social activist Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan.

Born in 1936, Amin started writing short stories and novels at the age of eight. Her first novel was Bot Tolar Upannayash (1958).

Using her pen name, Razia Khan, she authored at least 12 books including novels, poems, and plays.

Her literary works include the novels Chitrokabbya, Bot Tolar Upanyash, Anukalpa, Padobik and Draupadi. The last one has been translated into English as well. Her collections of poems include Argus Under Anaesthesia (1976) and Cruel April (1977), among others.

For her contribution in Bangla literature, Amin won the Bangla Academy Award in 1975. She also won the Ekushey Padak (1997), Ananya Award (1998) and Shilpakala Academy Award for her contribution to theatre in Bangladesh.

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