NAME
TASLIMA NASRIN /
NASREEN
DATE OF BIRTH
BIRTH PLACE
EDUCATION
M.B.B.S (BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, BACHELOR OF SURGERY) 1984
INSERVICE TRAINING
WORK
TASLIMA WORKED AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR IN
DIFFERENT HEALTH CLINICS AND
IN
EDITOR
TASLIMA WAS EDITOR OF LITERARY
MAGAZINES SENJUTI 1978 – 1983
COLUMNIST
SHE WROTE COLUMNS REGULARLY IN
THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND WEEKLY
MAGAZINES
IN
AND MAGAZINES ABROAD SINCE 1994
BOOKS
TASLIMA WROTE MORE THAN 30 BOOKS
OF COLUMNS, POETRY, ESSAYS, NOVELS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PUBLICATIONS
TASLIMA'S BOOKS HAVE BEEN
PUBLISHED IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
BENGALI IN
LANGUAGES INCLUDING HINDI, MARATHI, ORIYA, NEPALI,
MALYALAM, ENGLISH,
FRENCH, GERMAN, DUTCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH, NORWEGIAN, ICELANDIC,
FINNISH, SERBO-CROATION, ARABIC, PERSIAN, TURKISH ETC.
BANNED
HER
FIVE BOOKS ARE BANNED IN
ONE WAS
BANNED IN
F
THREE FATWAS WERE ISSUED AGAINST TASLIMA IN BANGLADESH AND
FOUR FATWAS WERE ISSUED AGAINST HER IN INDIA BY THE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS.
AWARDS
1. ANANDA AWARD FROM
2.
HELLMAN-HAMMETT GRANT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS
3. KURT TUCHOLSKY PRIZE, SWEDISH PEN CLUB 1994
4. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
5. LE PRIX DE L’EDIT
DE
6. SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 1994
7. MONISMANIEN
PRIZE FROM
8. HONORARY DOCTORATE
FROM GHENT UNIVERSITY BELGIUM 1995
9. SCHOLARSHIP FROM D.A.A.D, GERMANY 1995
10.
THE DISTINGUISHED
HUMANIST AWARD FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANIST AND
11. HUMANIST LAUREATE FROM
12.
ANANDA AWARD FROM
13.
GLOBAL LEADER FOR TOMORROW
FROM WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2000
14.
ERWIN FISCHER AWARD FROM
15. FREE-THOUGHT HEROINE AWARD FROM FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION 2002
16. FELLOWSHIP AT CARR CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY, JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, USA 2003-2004
17.
UNESCO PRIZE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TOLERANCE AND
NON-VIOLENCE 2004
18.
HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM AMERICAN
19.
GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL
20. SIMONE-DE-BEAUVOIR PRIZE FROM FRANCE, 2008
ETC.