Dilruba Z. Ara

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Dilruba Z. Ara
Born(1957-11-20)20 November 1957
Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationWriter, translator, painter, educator
LanguageEnglish, Bengali, Swedish
NationalitySwedish Bangladeshi
Alma materGothenburg University (Fil.Kand.) Lund University (B.Ed.)
Notable works
  • A List of Offences
  • Blame
  • Detached Belonging
Children2

Dilruba Z. Ara (born 20 November 1957) is a Swedish Bangladeshi writer,[1][2][3] novelist, artist, educator and translator.[4]

Background[edit]

Ara was born into a distinguished literary family in Bangladesh. Her father, Shahed Ali, was a Language Movement veteran, translator and Bangla Academy award-winning author of Gabriel's Wings.[5] Her mother, Professor Chemon Ara, now retired, is also an acknowledged author and Language Movement veteran. She has three brothers and two sisters.

Career[edit]

  • First novel A List of Offences was published in 2006.[1][6]
  • Second novel Blame was published in 2015.[2][7][8]
  • Collection of stories Detached Belonging was published in 2016.[3][9]
  • Translation work Selected Short Stories by Shahed Ali was published in 2006.[4][10]
  • Translation work En Flod till hjärta was published in 2021 .[11]

Education[edit]

Bachelor of Education: Lund University, Sweden.

Alma Mater: Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Bibliography[edit]

Books[edit]

  • A List of Offences (2006).[1]
  • Blame (2015).[2]
  • Detached Belonging (2016).[3]

Short stories[edit]

Published in Chattahoochee Review, Drunken Boat, Asia Writes, Democratic World Magazine, Swedish Institute, The Daily Star, Shipwrights Review Vista and in anthology. Our Many Longings.

Personal life[edit]

Ara moved to Sweden in 1978 and has lived in the university town of Lund since 2007. Apart from writing and painting she works as a language teacher.Her son, Navid, now an architect, lives and works in Malmö. Her daughter, Tania,now a Civil Engineer, lives in Copenhagen. Ara travels to Dhaka frequently, where her mother Professor Chemon Ara still lives in their family home in Banani.[12] Her father Shahed Ali passed away in 2001.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Ara, Dilruba Z. (2006). A list of offences. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1477481875. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  2. ^ a b c Ara, Dilruba Z. (2015). Blame. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-9845062336. OCLC 1001708582.
  3. ^ a b c Ara, Dilruba Z. (2016). Detached Belonging. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-9845062435. OCLC 967589139.
  4. ^ a b Ali, Shahed; Ara, Dilruba Z. (2006). Selected short stories of Shahed Ali. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-9840517626. OCLC 607247307.
  5. ^ Haque, Junaidul (28 May 2016). "Ethos behind a war". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ Grooms, Anthony (March 2008). "A Woman's View". Chattahoochee Review. 28 (2/3): 167.
  7. ^ Mortuza, Shamsad (8 February 2016). "Whose blame is it anyway?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  8. ^ Haque, Junaidul (20 May 2016). "Blame: A 1971 novel". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  9. ^ Holmberg, Claes-Göran (12 August 2013). "Portraying man's vulnerability". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  10. ^ "At a glance". The Daily Star. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  11. ^ http://www.alhambra.se/bocker/Dilruba_Z_Ara__En_flod_till_hjarta.htm Sweden ISBN 978-91-8771-44-6 Retrieved 10th June 2023
  12. ^ https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/amar-ekushey-2020/news/the-women-who-broke-the-barricades-1871062. The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 10th June 23

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