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Name
  
Niaz Zaman


Role
  
Writer

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Books
  
The art of kantha embroidery, divided legacy, Princess Kalabati and other tales

South Asia Literary Salon - Part 8 (11 July 2015)


Niaz Zaman (née Ali) is a Bangladeshi academic, writer and a supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka. In 2017, she was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in the translation category.

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Education and career

Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from Holy Cross College and M.A. from the University of Dhaka. She joined Dhaka University as a lecturer of English in 1972. 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.

Awards

  • Bangla Academy Literary Award (2017)
  • Ananya Award (2013)
  • National Archives Award
  • Asiaweek Short Story Award
  • 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
  • Didima's Necklace and Other Stories
  • The Daily Woman
  • References

    Niaz Zaman Wikipedia