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{{Short description|Bangladeshi writer (1935–2021)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rabeya Khatun
| native_name = রাবেয়া খাতুন
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|12|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bikrampur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|03|1935|12|27|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| occupation = Novelist
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| awards = [[#Awards|full list]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Fazlul Haque|1952|1990|end=his death}}
| children = 4, including {{unbulleted list|[[Faridur Reza Sagar]]|[[Keka Ferdousi]]}}
}}
'''Rabeya Khatun''' (27 December 1935 – 3 January 2021)<ref name=death>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/online/news/novelist-rabeya-khatun-no-more-2021713|title=Novelist Rabeya Khatun no more|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2021-01-03|date=2021-01-03}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi novelist. She wrote over 50 novels and more than 400 short stories.<ref name=80th>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/28133/2015-12-27|title=80th birthday of Rabeya Khatun today|work=The Independent|location=Dhaka|access-date=2019-08-15|date=2015-12-27}}</ref> Her works include essays, novels, research, short stories, religious history and travelogues.<ref name=74th/> She was awarded [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1973, [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1993 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 2017 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=2 April 2019|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=3 April 2019|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/site/view/all_independence_awardees|script-title=bn:স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=List of the names of personnel and institutions who won the Independence Day Award|access-date=2019-08-14|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref>

Khatun died of cardiac arrest on 3 January 2021 at her residence in Gulshan, [[Dhaka]].<ref name=death/>

==Early life and education==
Khatun was born on 27 December 1935 to Maulavi Mohammad Mulluk Chand and Hamida Khatun in [[Bikrampur]] in the then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Munshiganj District]], Bangladesh). She was the second of their three children.<ref name="na3Jan2021">{{cite news |title=Novelist Rabeya Khatun dies |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/126146/novelist-rabeya-khatun-dies |work=New Age |date=3 January 2021}}</ref> Khatun grew up in the Shantinagar area in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=story/> She passed the [[Educational entrance examination|entrance examination]] from Armanitola School in 1948.<ref name=81st>{{Cite news |url=https://samakal.com/bangladesh/article/1612258490|script-title=bn:জন্মদিনে কথাসাহিত্যিক রাবেয়া খাতুনকে নিরন্তর শুভেচ্ছা|work=Samakal|language=bn|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>

On 23 July 1952, she married Fazlul Haque (1930–1990).<ref name="na3Jan2021" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/57937/ফজলুল-হক-স্মৃতি-পুরস্কার-পাচ্ছেন-রাজ্জাক|script-title=bn:ফজলুল হক স্মৃতি পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন রাজ্জাক|work=Prothom Alo|language=bn|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> He was the editor of the ''Cinema'' magazine.<ref name=story>{{cite news |date=2005-07-09 |title=The story of Rabeya Khatun |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2005/jul/09/lit.html|newspaper=New Age |type=Interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821161017/http://www.newagebd.com/2005/jul/09/lit.html|archive-date=2006-08-21|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref> He directed ''President'', the first film for children in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/fazlul-haque-memorial-award-conferred-47505|title=Fazlul Haque Memorial Award conferred|date=2014-10-27|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>

==Career==
Khatun worked at ''Khawatin'' magazine, edited by [[Jahanara Imam]].<ref name=story/> She then worked as the editor of the literature section of the magazine ''Cinema'' along with [[Zahir Raihan]].<ref name=story/> Later she became the editor of the monthly ''Angana''.<ref name=74th/>

Khatun was a council member of [[Bangla Academy]].<ref name=81st/> She was a member of the jury board of [[Bangladesh National Film Awards]], [[Bangladesh Shishu Academy]], ''[[Notun Kuri]]'' of [[Bangladesh Television]].<ref name=81st/>

==Works==
Khatun's first story ''Prashno'' was published in the weekly ''Juger Dabi''.<ref name=74th>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-68868|title=Rabeya Khatun and Syed Shamsul Haque turn 74 today|date=2008-12-27|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> Her novel ''Rajarbagh'' was published in ''[[Begum (magazine)|Begum]]''.<ref name=story/> She wrote her first novel ''Madhumati'' in 1963.<ref name=80th/> She wrote about the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in her book ''Ekattorer Noy Maash'' in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/74142/2016-12-27|title=Rabeya Khatun's birthday today|work=The Independent|location=Dhaka|access-date=2019-08-15|date=2016-12-27}}</ref> Two of her novels, ''Nirasraya'' and ''Biday O Ashok Reba'', have never been published.<ref name=81st/>

===Novels===
* ''Madhumati'' (1963)
* ''Mon Ek Shwet Kapoti'' (''Mind is a White Pigeon'', 1965)
* ''Ononto Onwesha'' (''Endless Pursuit'', 1967)
* ''Rajarbagh'' (1967)
* ''Saheb Bazar'' (1967)
* ''Ferari Surjo'' (''Fugitive Sun'', 1975)
* ''Onek Joner Ekjan'' (''One of Many Persons'', 1976)
* ''Jiboner Ar Ek Naam Dibos Rojoni'' (''Another Name of Life is Day and Night'', 1980)
* ''Bayanno Golir Ek Goli'' (''One of Fifty Two Alleys'', 1984)
* ''Baganer Naam Malnichara'' (''Name of the Garden is Malnichara'')
* ''Ei Birohokal'' (''This Time of Separation'', 1995)
* ''Ei Bhora Bador Mah Bhador'' (''This Rainy Day of the Month of Bhadra'', 1995)
* ''Priya Gulshana'' (''Beloved Gulshana'', 1997)<ref name=80th/>

==Adaptations==
Khatun's book-to-film adaptations include ''[[Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti]]'' (2003), ''[[Megher Pore Megh]]'' (2004) and ''Madhumati'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-04-19/news/147678|script-title=bn:আমি ষাটের দশকের মেয়ে|work=Prothom Alo|language=bn|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Khatun lived in [[Banani Model Town|Banani]], a residential area in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=84th>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=175525|title=Mitali recites for Rabeya Khatun|work=The Daily Observer|access-date=2019-08-15|date=2018-12-29}}</ref> She had two sons and two daughters — [[Faridur Reza Sagar]] (b. 1955) is the current managing director of [[Impress Telefilm Limited]] and [[Channel i]]; [[Keka Ferdousi]] (b. 1960) is a television chef; Farhadur Reza Probal is an architect; and Farhana Kakoly.<ref name=81st/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/becoming-a-household-name-in-bangladesh-42260|title=Becoming a Household Name in Bangladesh|date=2014-09-20|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref><ref name=84th/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/multimedia/2015/11/151013_wr_big_interview_keka_ferdausi|script-title=bn:এ সপ্তাহের সাক্ষাৎকার|work=BBC News |language=bn-BD|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1973)
* Humayun Kadir Memorial Award (1989)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1993)
* Kamar Mushtaree Shahitya Puroshkar (1994)
* Lekhika Sangha Award (1994)
* Nasiruddin Gold Medal (1995)
* Shere-e Bangla Gold Medal (1996)
* Jasimuddin Award (1996)<ref name=81st/>
* Shapla-Doyel Award (1996)<ref name=81st/>
* Wrishiz Shahitya Padak (1998)<ref name=74th/>
* [[Anannya Top Ten Awards#Anannya Literature Award|Anannya Literature Award]] (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/everyday/107544/আজ-৩-নভেম্বর|script-title=bn:আজ ৩ নভেম্বর|trans-title=Today is November 3|language=bn|work=Jugantor|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* Laila Samad Award (1999)<ref name=81st/>
* Millennium Award (2000)<ref name=81st/>
* Sheltech Award (2002)<ref name=81st/>
* Uro Shishu Shahitya Award (2003)
* Michael Madhusudan Award (2005)<ref name=81st/>
* Gettanjali Shommanona Padak (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observerbd.com/2015/11/04/118838.php|title=Geetanjali Lalitkala Academy to celebrate 11th founding anniv|work=The Daily Observer|access-date=2019-08-15|date=2015-11-04}}</ref>
* [[Independence Day Award]] (2017)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2617550}}

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[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Bikrampur]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi short story writers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi women novelists]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi women writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]

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