Dilruba Z. Ara

Nadia Rahman (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh)

Ed. by Sarker Hasan Al Zayed, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born 20 Nov 1957

Places

Born in Bangladesh
Active in Bangladesh; Sweden

Activities

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Novelist
Translator

Resources

Ara's Works

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Dilruba Z Ara is a Bangladeshi diasporic writer who currently resides in Sweden. She started writing in 2006 and is said to have given an “otherwise cornered contour of women’s courage” (Biswas and Tripathi, 168). Her portrayal of family relations, social and cultural constrains faced by women and men specifically within Bengali Muslim culture, are nuanced and vivid. She has, until now, published two novels, several poems and a number of short stories. She is also a prolific translator who has translated a number of literary works in Bangla, English, and Swedish. She is best known for her acclaimed second novel,

Blame

(2015)

which narrates women’s contribution to Bangladesh’s liberation war.

Born on 20 November 1957 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Ara grew up in a family that featured a

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Citation: Rahman, Nadia. "Dilruba Z. Ara". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 November 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14677, accessed 23 November 2024.]