Friday
19
AUG

04:15 PM

Meet The Author: Reading and Discussion with Shaheen Akhtar

Shaheen Akhtar is a notable Bangladeshi writer who won the “Prothom Alo Best Book Award“ in 2004 for her novel Talaash, which was translated by Ella Dutta into English as The Search and published by Zubaan in 2011. For her literary contributions, Shaheen Akthar has received the prestigious “Bangla Academy Award” (2015). In 2020 she won the 3rd Asian Literature Award. She writes both novels and short stories. Shaheen Akthar’s works have been translated into English, German, and Korean.

Shaheen Akhtar will be present for a reading from her works and a discussion that will include aspects of translation of novels and short story from Bangla into English and German.

Address

Gebäude 4010

010.01.05

Voßstraße 2

69115 Heidelberg

Homepage Event

https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/PDFs/shaheen_akhtar_print.pdf

Organizer

Südasien-Institut

Homepage Organizer

http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de