TASLIMA NASRIN WAS BORN ON AUGUST 25, 1962 IN MYMENSINGH, BANGLADESH. SHE DID MBBS FROM MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATING, SHE WORKED AS A GOVERNMENT DOCTOR FOR A FEW YEARS. HER LITERARY CAREER BEGAN WITH THE PUBLICATION OF A FEW POEMS. AFTER THAT SHE ALSO WROTE COLUMNS IN NEWSPAPERS FOR SOME TIME IN BANGLADESH.