Who: Book titled Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait by Dr Anna Suvorova
What: Released
When: 26 May 2015
Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait: Dr Anna Suvorova
The book Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait was released on 26 May 2015. It was written by Dr Anna Suvorova of Russia.
The book is devoted to the life and work of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007). She was the first female head of government in a Muslim state.
The book is based on Bhutto's own books, articles and speeches and on the author's interviews with her close friends and colleagues.
It makes a study of emergence of Bhutto as a political leader, her journey and her assassination by terrorists.
It was published by Oxford University Press. It is intended for a wide readership.
Dr Anna Suvorov, Professor of Indo-Islamic Culture, is currently Head of Department of Asian Literatures at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciencesin Moscow, Russia.
For her contribution to the research of Pakistani literature and cultural heritage she was conferred with one of the highest state awards of Pakistan — Sitara-i-Imtiaz.