Tahmima Anam
Tahmima Anam (Template:Lang-bn) is a Bangladesh born writer and novelist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was published by John Murray in 2007.
Personal life
Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1975, and grew up in Paris, New York City, and Bangkok, as a consequence of her father’s career with the Unicef.[1] She trained as an anthropologist, earning a PhD from Harvard University. In 2005 she completed an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, London, and is the recipient of a Writing Fellowship from the Arts Council of England.
Anam comes from an illustrious literary family in Bangladesh. Her father Mahfuz Anam is the editor and publisher of The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Bangladesh's most prominent English newspaper.[2] Her grandfather Abul Mansur Ahmed was a renowned satirist and politician whose works in Bengali remain popular to this day.[3]
Career
Anam's first novel is scheduled to be published in March, 2007 from John Murray. Tahmima picked Bangladesh Liberation War as her first subject to write the novel A Golden Age. She was inspired by her parents who were freedom fighters during the war.[4] Tahmima also researched about the war which covered the central part of her post graduation. For the benefit of her research, she stayed in Bangladesh for two years and took interview of hundreds of war fighters. She also worked in the set of Tareque and Catherine Masud’s critically acclaimed film Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) which reflects the happenings during that war.[5]
Literary works
References
- ^ The outsider, The Telegraph.
- ^ Bergquist, Karin, Outspoken editor from Bangladesh, Culturebase.net.
- ^ Biography of Abul Mansur Ahmed, Banglapedia
- ^ Bookseller report on Tahmima Anam
- ^ Prothom Alo, January 13, 2007
External links
- Tahmina's Official Website
- "Daughter of A Golden Age" Slate
- "The outsider" The Telegraph
- "New fiction star taps Bangladeshi roots" The Observer
- profile on authortrek