Dilruba Z. Ara

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 the famous "Gabriel’s Wings". Her mother, Professor Chemon Ara, now retired, is also an acknowledged author and Language Movement veteran.
Education.
Bachelor of Education: Lund University, Sweden.
Alma Mater: Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Bibliography.
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.