Nilima Ibrahim

Nilima Ibrahim (Bengali: নীলিমা ইব্রাহীম; 1921–2002) was an Indian, East Pakistani, and later Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her scholarship on Bengali literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War in her book Ami Birangona Bolchhi (I, the heroine, speaks).

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1921
Birth nameNilima Roy Chowdhury
Birth place
Bangladesh , Presidencies and provinces of British India , Bagerhat Sadar Upazila , Fakirhat
Nationality
Bangladesh
Date of deathJanuary 01, 2002
Place of death
Bangladesh , Dhaka
Education
University of Calcutta
University of Dhaka
Education
Doctor of Philosophy

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  1. http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/I_0010.HTM