Purabi Basu

Purabi Basu is a Bangladeshi short-story writer, pharmacologist and activist. She won Anannya Literary Award in 2005[1] and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2013.[2] As of 2005, she has been working as a senior executive at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a drug company based in New York.[3]

Purabi Basu
পূরবী বসু
Basu in 2017
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Ph.D. (nutrition)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania University of Missouri
Occupation	Writer, pharmacologist, activist
Spouse(s)	Jyoti Prakash Dutta

Education

Basu completed her bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Dhaka.[3] She moved to the United States in 1970. She then earned her master's degree in biochemistry from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1972 and Ph.D. from University of Missouri in nutrition in 1976.[3] She later worked as a postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology at the University of South Alabama.[3]

Career

Basu worked as a director of the health, nutrition and population division at BRAC.[3]

Works

• Radha Will Not Cook Today [4]
• Saleha's Desire[5]

Personal life

Basu is married to Ekushey Padak and Bangla Academy Literary Award winning short-story writer Jyoti Prakash Dutta.[1][6]

References

1. Rahman, Nader (20 July 2007). "The Scientist". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
2. "পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা" [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
3. "Dr. Purabi Basu". munshigonj.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
4. Khan, Raja (2003). The Concept. p. 34.
5. Kaiser, Nahid (2011). "Resistance to Paterfamilias in Purabi Basu's two short stories: "Radha Will Not Cook Today" and "Saleha's Desire"". Stamford Journal of English.
6. "কথাসাহিত্যিক পূরবী বসুকে 'বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার-২০১৩' প্রদান" (in Bengali). boinews24.com. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2017.