Niaz Zaman (née Ali) is a Bangladeshi translator and a supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka.[1] She was awarded 2016 Bangla Academy Literary Award in the translation category.[2]

Niaz Zaman
নিয়াজ জামান
Zaman in Feb 2017
Born
Niaz Ali
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Occupation(s)university academic, professor, writer

Education and career edit

Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from Holy Cross College and M.A. from the University of Dhaka.[3] She joined Dhaka University as a lecturer of English in 1972.[3] 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.[1]

Awards edit

Publications edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ a b "Details of Dr. Niaz Zaman". University of Dhaka. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016 announced". The Daily Star. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  3. ^ a b Sarah Z Haque (20 May 2007). "In conversation with an academic". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. ^ Fayza Haq (8 December 2013). "Dr Niaz Zaman bags Ananya prize 2013". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Niaz Zaman". Institute of South Asian Studies. Natinonal University of Singapore. Retrieved 24 January 2017.