Rabeya Khatun

Rabeya Khatun
রাবেয়া খাতুন
Born(1935-12-27)27 December 1935
Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died3 January 2021(2021-01-03) (aged 85)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationNovelist
Spouse
Fazlul Haque
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(m. 1952; died 1990)​
Children4, including
Awardsfull list

Rabeya Khatun (27 December 1935 – 3 January 2021)[1] was a Bangladeshi novelist. She wrote over 50 novels and more than 400 short stories.[2] Her works also include essays, research, religious history and travelogues.[3] She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973, Ekushey Padak in 1993 and Independence Day Award in 2017 by the Government of Bangladesh.[4][5][6]

Khatun died of cardiac arrest on 3 January 2021 at her residence in Gulshan, Dhaka.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Novelist Rabeya Khatun no more". The Daily Star. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. ^ "80th birthday of Rabeya Khatun today". The Independent. Dhaka. 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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  4. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ^ স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের তালিকা [List of the names of personnel and institutions who won the Independence Day Award] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2019-08-14.