Purabi Basu (born 21 September 1949) is a Bangladeshi short-story writer, pharmacologist and activist. She won Anannya Literary Award in 2005 and

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

in 2013. As of 2005, she has been working as a senior executive at

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, a drug company based in New York.

Education

Basu completed her bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

. She moved to the United States in 1970. She then earned her master's degree in biochemistry from

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP) was founded in 1850, and was the second medical institution in the world established to train women in medicine to earn the M.D. degree. The New England Female Medical College had been established ...

in 1972 and Ph.D. from

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in nutrition in 1976. She later worked as a postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology at the

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Career

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

Works

* ''Radha Will Not Cook Today'' * ''Saleha's Desire''

Personal life

Basu is married to

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

and

winning short-story writer Jyoti Prakash Dutta.

References

Living people 1949 births People from Munshiganj District University of Dhaka alumni Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania alumni University of Missouri alumni Bangladeshi women writers Bangladeshi pharmacologists Bangladeshi feminists Bangladeshi women's rights activists Bengali Hindus Bangladeshi Hindus Recipients of Bangla Academy Award Place of birth missing (living people) {{Bangladesh-writer-stub