Nasera Sharma
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Allahabad, India
LanguageHindi, English, Persian
Alma mater
  • University of Allahabad (B.A.)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (M.A. in Persian Language and Literature)
GenreHindi literature, literary fiction
Years active1976-present
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
2015

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.

References

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

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