Nilima Ibrahim

Fayeza Hasanat (University of Central Florida)

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born 11 Oct 1921
Died 18 Jun 2002

Places

Born in Bangladesh
Active in Bangladesh

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist
Teacher/ Professor

Resources

Ibrahim's Works

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Neelima Ibrahim (1921-2002) was an eminent scholar, litterateur, and a social activist. A prolific writer, Ibrahim published fiction, plays, travelogues, autobiography, and academic articles, among others. However, Ibrahim is most renowned for her involvement with the women’s organizations that helped rehabilitate the rape survivors of the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Her most important contribution to the history of Bangladesh is her reportage on the rape survivors of the war, part of which she published as a book in 1997, titled

Ami Birangona Bolchhi

[

A War Heroine, I Speak

Neelima Chowdhury (later Ibrahim) was born on October 11, 1921 to Prafulla Roy Chowdhury and Kusumkumari Devi. Her father, a renowned zamindar of a place called Mulghar in Khulna, was an advocate for

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Citation: Hasanat, Fayeza. "Nilima Ibrahim". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 February 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14557, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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