Niaz Zaman

Niaz Zaman
Professor Niaz Zaman, Dhaka, 2017
Born (1941-12-31) 31 December 1941
Delhi
Occupation
LanguageBangla
NationalityBangladesh
Education
Genre
Notable awards

Dr Niaz Zaman (née Ali) (born 1941)[1] is an academic, author and Bangladeshi translator. She currently advises the Department of English and Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).[2][3] She retired as a professor of English at the University of Dhaka. She received the Ekushey Padak award in 2025.[4] She was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award (2016) in the translation category.[5]

Education and career

Dr Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from Holy Cross College and M.A in English Literature from the University of Dhaka in 1963.[6] She earned a second master's degree from the American University in Washington, DC, and obtained her PhD from George Washington University in 1987. Niaz Zaman began her career as an English Lecturer at Dhaka University in 1972. She served as an educational attache at the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC, from 1981 to 1983. From 2003 until 2006, she was the literary editor of New Age magazine. She founded her publishing house writers ink in 2005. She translated several books of renowned women fiction writers in English into English. She has developed an exceptional organization "Gaanth". The organization is considered as the platform of women writers of Bengali and English medium. Since 2006, she has served as an adviser at IUB's Department of English.[4]

Awards

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, including The Daily Woman
  • Didima's Necklace and Other Stories
  • Princess Kalabati and Other Tales

References

  1. ^ "Niaz Zaman". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Literary Encyclopedia — Profile of Niaz Zaman". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Niaz Zaman | Aleph Book Company". Aleph Book Company |. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Dr Niaz Zaman awarded Ekushey Padak". The Business Standard. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016 announced". The Daily Star. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. ^ Sarah Z Haque (20 May 2007). "In conversation with an academic". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Prof. Niaz Zaman wins Ekushey Padak 2025". The Daily Star. 22 February 2025. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Professor Niaz Zaman Honored with Ekushey Padak for Contributions to Education". Voice7 News. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  9. ^ "7 named for Bangla Academy Literary Awards". Daily Sun. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  10. ^ Islam, Mohammad Shafiqul (2 January 2022). ""A good translator can be androgynous": an interview with Niaz Zaman". Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies. 9 (1): 99–107. doi:10.1080/23306343.2022.2027689. ISSN 2330-6343.
  11. ^ Fayza Haq (8 December 2013). "Dr Niaz Zaman bags Ananya prize 2013". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Dr Niaz Zaman receives Anannya Literary Award-1420". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Niaz Zaman". Institute of South Asian Studies. Natinonal University of Singapore. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Prof Niaz Zaman wins Ekushey Padak 2025". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
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