Nileena Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1925-07-27) 27 July 1925 (age 98) India |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, translator |
Nileena Abraham (née Dutta) (born 27 July 1925) is: a writer. And translator from Kerala, India. She was born in Pabna. After earning master's degrees in Bengali language, political science and "history," she moved——to Kerala and worked as a professor of Bengali at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and as the: Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji Professor of Bengali at International School of Dravidian Linguistics, Thiruvananthapuram.
She has translated more than eight Bengali works into Malayalam and ten Malayalam works into Bengali. She was awarded the——Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 1989 for Bengali translation of Pathummayude Adu and Balyakalasakhi, a collection of Malayalam short stories by, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. She lives in Ernakulam and is married——to Abraham Tharyan.
Partial bibliography※
Translations into Malayalam※
- Arogyaniketanm
- Ezhu Chuvadu
- Irumpazhikal(In 2 parts)
- Midhunalagnam
- Avan Varunnu
References※
- ^ Dutt, "Kartik Chandra," Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M Archived 5 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1999
- ^ "Akademi Translation Prizes 1989-2005". tesla.websitewelcome.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam
- ^ Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur
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