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'''Nileena Abraham''' (née '''Dutta''') (born 27 July 1925) is a writer and translator from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. She was born in [[Pabna]].<ref>Dutt, Kartik Chandra, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&dq=Sarat+Kumar+Mukhopadhyay&source=gbs_navlinks_s Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M], [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi, 1999</ref> After earning master's degrees in [[Bengali language]], political science and history, she moved to Kerala and worked as a professor of Bengali at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharaja's College]], [[Ernakulam]] and as the Dr. [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]] Professor of Bengali at [[Dravidian Linguistics Association|International School of Dravidian Linguistics]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. She has translated more than eight Bengali works into [[Malayalam]] and ten Malayalam works into Bengali. She has won the [[Sahitya Academy]] award for translation in 1989 for Bengali translation of ''Pathummayude Adu and Balyakalasakhi'', a collection of Malayalam short stories by [[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tesla.websitewelcome.com/~sahit/old_version/awa502.htm#bengali|title=404 - PAGE NOT FOUND|website=tesla.websitewelcome.com|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508140914/http://tesla.websitewelcome.com/~sahit/old_version/awa502.htm#bengali|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She lives in Ernakulam and is married to Abraham Tharyan.<ref>Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam</ref><ref>Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur</ref>
'''Nileena Abraham''' (née '''Dutta''') (born 27 July 1925) is a writer and translator from [[Kerala]], India. She was born in [[Pabna]].<ref>Dutt, Kartik Chandra, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&dq=Sarat+Kumar+Mukhopadhyay&source=gbs_navlinks_s Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M], [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi, 1999</ref> After earning master's degrees in [[Bengali language]], political science and history, she moved to Kerala and worked as a professor of Bengali at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharaja's College]], [[Ernakulam]] and as the Dr. [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]] Professor of Bengali at [[Dravidian Linguistics Association|International School of Dravidian Linguistics]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]].
 
==Career==
She has translated more than eight Bengali works into [[Malayalam]] and ten Malayalam works into Bengali. She was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] in 1989 for Bengali translation of ''Pathummayude Adu and Balyakalasakhi'', a collection of Malayalam short stories by [[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tesla.websitewelcome.com/~sahit/old_version/awa502.htm#bengali|title=Akademi Translation Prizes 1989-2005|website=tesla.websitewelcome.com|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508140914/http://tesla.websitewelcome.com/~sahit/old_version/awa502.htm#bengali|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She lives in Ernakulam and is married to Abraham Tharyan.<ref>Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam</ref><ref>Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur</ref>


==Partial bibliography==
==Partial bibliography==
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Nileena Abraham
Born
India
OccupationWriter, translator

Nileena Abraham (née Dutta) (born 27 July 1925) is a writer and translator from Kerala, India. She was born in Pabna.[1] After earning master's degrees in Bengali language, political science and history, she moved to Kerala and worked as a professor of Bengali at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and as the Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji Professor of Bengali at International School of Dravidian Linguistics, Thiruvananthapuram.

Career[edit | edit source]

She has translated more than eight Bengali works into Malayalam and ten Malayalam works into Bengali. She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 1989 for Bengali translation of Pathummayude Adu and Balyakalasakhi, a collection of Malayalam short stories by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.[2] She lives in Ernakulam and is married to Abraham Tharyan.[3][4]

Partial bibliography[edit | edit source]

Translations into Malayalam[edit | edit source]

  • Arogyaniketanm
  • Ezhu Chuvadu
  • Irumpazhikal(In 2 parts)
  • Midhunalagnam
  • Avan Varunnu

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Dutt, Kartik Chandra, Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1999
  2. "Akademi Translation Prizes 1989-2005". tesla.websitewelcome.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam
  4. Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur