Dr Niaz Zaman () (born 1941) is an academic, author and Bangladeshi translator. She currently advises the Department of English and Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). She retired as a professor of English at the

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. She received the

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award in 2025. She was awarded the

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(2016) in the translation category.

Education and career

Dr Zaman completed her I.A. and B.A. from Holy Cross College and M.A in

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from the

in 1963. She earned a second master's degree from the

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in Washington, DC, and obtained her PhD from

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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.

Awards

(2025) * American Alumni Association Education Award (2017) *

(2017) * Lekhika Sangha Award for Literature (2015) * Anannya Literature Award (2013) * National Archives Award * Asia week Short Story Award * Atwar Hussain Award from

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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''

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* Living people University of Dhaka alumni Bengali–English translators Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Holy Cross College, Dhaka alumni Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Recipients of the Ekushey Padak in 2025 1941 births Academic staff of Independent University, Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub