Niromi De Soyza Niromi De Soyza i(A140834 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1970
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Sri Lanka,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1990
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1 y separately published work icon Tamil Tigress : My Story as a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka's Bloody Civil War Niromi De Soyza , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2011 Z1790565 2011 single work autobiography In 1987, 17-year old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this is her story of her time as a guerrilla.
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