Dilruba Z. Ara (born 20 November 1957) is a Swedish Bangladeshi writer, novelist, artist, educator and translator.
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. 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. Second novel Blame was published in 2015. Collection of stories Detached Belonging was published in 2016. Translation work Selected Short Stories by Shahed Ali was published in 2006. Translation work En Flod till hjärta was published in 2021 .http://www.alhambra.se/bocker/Dilruba_Z_Ara__En_flod_till_hjarta.htm Sweden Retrieved 10th June 2023
Education Bachelor of Education: Lund University, Sweden.
Alma Mater: University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bibliography
Books A List of Offences (2006). Blame (2015). Detached Belonging (2016).
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.https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/amar-ekushey-2020/news/the-women-who-broke-the-barricades-1871062. The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 10th June 23 Her father Shahed Ali died in 2001.
References
External links Official website Interview with Dilruba Z. Ara at The Daily Observer, Bangladesh Published works at WorldCat Identities Princeton University Library Catalogue https://library.stanford.edu/all/?q=%22Blame%22 Dilruba Z. Ara speaks at Independent University, Bangladesh Books by Dilruba Z. Ara at The University Press Limited Book review (La Lista de Ofensas) at Oceano Publishing House, Mexico Book review (La Lista de Ofensas) at La Librería de Javier, Madrid Bangladeshi Writers Abroad at Bangladesh Circle The Mosque-Yard Imam by Dilruba Z. Ara at Democratic World, India https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789187771446/en-flod-till-hjarta/ http://www.alhambra.se/bocker/Dilruba_Z_Ara__En_flod_till_hjarta.htm https://www.dhakatribune.com/arts-letters/2022/02/10/a-nations-individual-and-collective-struggles-anthologised-in-our-many-longings-contemporary-short-fiction-from-bangladesh Book Review (En flod till hjärta) https://karavan.se/blogs/recenserat/tagged/dilruba-z-ara Sweden