Dilruba Z. Ara

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

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

Background

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
  • 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

Bachelor of Education: Lund University, Sweden.

Alma Mater: Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Bibliography

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

Short stories

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

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
  1. Ara, Dilruba Z. (2006). A list of offences. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1477481875.
  2. Ara, Dilruba Z. (2015). Blame. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-9845062336. OCLC 1001708582.
  3. Ara, Dilruba Z. (2016). Detached Belonging. Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. ISBN 978-9845062435. OCLC 967589139.
  4. 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.
  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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