Niaz Zaman completed her MA in English from the University of Dhaka in 1963. She
taught at Holy Cross College and Chittagong University, before joining the Department of English,
University of Dhaka in February 1972. At present she is Advisor, Department of English and
Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh. Apart from her academic publications, she has
published creative writing in different genres. She is also a translator and, in 2016, received the
prestigious Bangla Academy Award for Translation. Her other honours include the Anannya Sahitya
Puroshkar (2013) and the UPL award for Prolific Author (2018). She is the publisher of writers.ink