Nasira Sharma

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Nasera Sharma
Born1948 (age 7677)
Allahabad, India
LanguageHindi, English, Persian
Alma mater
  • University of Allahabad (B.A.)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (M.A. in Persian Language and Literature)
GenreHindi literature, literary fiction
Years active1976-present
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
2015

Nasira Sharma or Nasera Sharma (born 1948) is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi. [1] [2]

Biography

She was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. She has published 10 Hindi-language novels. She was the only woman from South Asia to interview Ruhollah Khomeini after he came into power. [3]

Awards

Selected works

References

  1. "Nasira Sharma". Hindi Urdu Flagship. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. "Nasira Sharma at Sahitya AajTak 2022: There is no life without a woman, respect her". India Today. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  3. "Meeting Ayatollah Khomeini and the mystery behind Iran's Child Soldiers". 11 February 2019.
  4. "24 writers including Nasira Sharma, Jerry Pinto get Sahitya Akademi awards". Deccan Chronicle. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  5. "भारत में राजनीति और धार्मिक जकड़न से ज्यादा सामाजिक पिछड़ापन है- नासिरा शर्मा". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.