Nasira Sharma Explained

Nasera Sharma
Birth Place:Allahabad, India
Genre:Hindi literature, literary fiction
Language:Hindi, English, Persian
Years Active:1976-present

Nasera Sharma (born 1948) is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi.[1]

Biography

She was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

She has published 10 Hindi-language novels. Some of the books are- Parijat, Mere Priya Kahaniyaan, Ajnabi Jajira, Patthar Gali and Aurat Ke Liye Aurat.

She was the only woman from South Asia to interview Ruhollah Khomeini after he came into power.[2]

Awards

She won a Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Paarijat.[3]

She won Vyas Samman for her novel Kagaz ki Naav in 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nasira Sharma. Hindi Urdu Flagship. University of Texas at Austin. 11 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Meeting Ayatollah Khomeini and the mystery behind Iran's Child Soldiers. 11 February 2019 .
  3. News: 24 writers including Nasira Sharma, Jerry Pinto get Sahitya Akademi awards. 11 January 2017. Deccan Chronicle. 21 December 2016.