Niaz Zaman () is a Bangladeshi translator and a supernumerary professor at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

. She was awarded 2016

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

in the translation category.

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

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as Educational Attaché for around three years.

Awards

(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

Living people University of Dhaka alumni Bengali–English translators University of Dhaka faculty Holy Cross College, Dhaka alumni Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Year of birth missing (living people) {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub