Niaz Zaman Explained

Niaz Zaman
Native Name:	নিয়াজ জামান
Native Name Lang:	bn
Birth Name:	Niaz Ali
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Alma Mater:	University of Dhaka
Occupation:	university academic, professor, writer

Niaz Zaman 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]

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.^[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

• Bangla Academy Literary Award (2017)
• Ananya Award (2013)^[4]
• National Archives Award^[5]
• Asiaweek Short Story Award^[5]

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

Notes and References

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