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'''Purabi Basu''' (born 21 September 1949<ref>http://authors.com.bd/2132</ref>) is a Bangladeshi short-story writer, pharmacologist and activist. She won [[Anannya Magazine#Anannya Literary Award|Anannya Literary Award]] in 2005<ref name=scientist>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2007/07/03/interview.htm|title=The Scientist|first=Nader|last=Rahman|date=20 July 2007|access-date=6 August 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> and [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=24 July 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref> As of 2005, she has been working as a senior executive at [[Wyeth#Wyeth Pharmaceuticals|Wyeth Pharmaceuticals]], a drug company based in New York.<ref name=munshi>{{cite web|url=http://www.munshigonj.com/Famous/zLiterature/PBasu.htm|title=Dr. Purabi Basu|access-date=6 August 2017|publisher=munshigonj.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130171512/http://www.munshigonj.com/Famous/zLiterature/PBasu.htm|archive-date=30 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Purabi Basu''' (born 21 September 1949<ref>{{cite web|url=http://authors.com.bd/2132 |title=পূরবী বসু (Purabi Basu) - Portfolio of Bengali Author Purabi Basu on |publisher=Authors.com.bd |date=1949-09-21 |accessdate=2022-05-31}}</ref>) is a Bangladeshi short-story writer, pharmacologist and activist. She won [[Anannya Magazine#Anannya Literary Award|Anannya Literary Award]] in 2005<ref name=scientist>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2007/07/03/interview.htm|title=The Scientist|first=Nader|last=Rahman|date=20 July 2007|access-date=6 August 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> and [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315|script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা|language=bn|trans-title=Winners list|access-date=24 July 2017|publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref> As of 2005, she has been working as a senior executive at [[Wyeth Research|Wyeth Pharmaceuticals]], a drug company based in New York.<ref name=munshi>{{cite web|url=http://www.munshigonj.com/Famous/zLiterature/PBasu.htm|title=Dr. Purabi Basu|access-date=6 August 2017|publisher=munshigonj.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130171512/http://www.munshigonj.com/Famous/zLiterature/PBasu.htm|archive-date=30 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==

Latest revision as of 06:44, 31 May 2022

Purabi Basu
পূরবী বসু
Basu in 2017
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPh.D. (nutrition)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
University of Missouri
Occupation(s)Writer, pharmacologist, activist
SpouseJyoti Prakash Dutta

Purabi Basu (born 21 September 1949[1]) is a Bangladeshi short-story writer, pharmacologist and activist. She won Anannya Literary Award in 2005[2] and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2013.[3] As of 2005, she has been working as a senior executive at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a drug company based in New York.[4]

Education[edit]

Basu completed her bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Dhaka.[4] 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.[4] She later worked as a postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology at the University of South Alabama.[4]

Career[edit]

Basu worked as a director of the health, nutrition and population division at BRAC.[4]

Works[edit]

  • Radha Will Not Cook Today [5]
  • Saleha's Desire[6]

Personal life[edit]

Basu is married to Ekushey Padak and Bangla Academy Literary Award winning short-story writer Jyoti Prakash Dutta.[2][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "পূরবী বসু (Purabi Basu) - Portfolio of Bengali Author Purabi Basu on". Authors.com.bd. 1949-09-21. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ a b Rahman, Nader (20 July 2007). "The Scientist". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা [Winners list] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dr. Purabi Basu". munshigonj.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. ^ Khan, Raja (2003). The Concept. p. 34.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ কথাসাহিত্যিক পূরবী বসুকে 'বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার-২০১৩' প্রদান (in Bengali). boinews24.com. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2017.


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