Part of the first generation of Bangladeshi writers producing English-language work, Majid was an influential member of the London literary scene in the 1970s, when she ran the independent Salamander press.
[1][2][3] Majid began writing at a young age, and her poet grandfather encouraged and guided her early work.
[2][4] However, after a year she met and married the American architect Robert Boughey, with whom she moved to the United States.
[1] In 1974, she worked as an editor and translator to produce the anthology Take Me Home, Rickshaw: Poems by Contemporary Poets of Bangladesh.
[2][5][11] She also ran its eponymous literary magazine, which published essays, poetry, fiction, and works in translation.
[1] However, in late 1979 she was forced to leave the United Kingdom, having been denied residency by British authorities despite a support campaign by various influential figures including the poet Ted Hughes.