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

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Dilruba Z. Ara
Born	(1957-11-20)20 November 1957 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation	Writer, translator, painter, educator
Language	English, Bengali
Nationality	Swedish Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Gothenburg University (Fil.Kand.) Lund University (B.Ed.)
Notable works	A List of Offences Blame Detached Belonging
Children	Navid Aref Christensen Tania Amina Christensen

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.

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]

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 and Vista.

Personal life

Ara moved to Sweden in 1978 and has lived in the university town of Lund since 2007. Her son, Navid, now an architect, lives and works in Malmö. Her daughter, Tania, a student at the Royal Institute of Technology, lives in Stockholm. Ara travels to Dhaka frequently, where her mother Professor Chemon Ara still lives in their family home in Banani. Her father Shahed Ali passed away in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
• Interview with Dilruba Z. Ara at The Daily Observer, Bangladesh
• Published works at WorldCat Identities
• Princeton University Library Catalogue
• 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