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At Home, at War: Tahmima Anam's 'Golden Age'. The child of a diplomat, Tahmima Anam grew up far away from her native Bangladesh. But all her life, she heard about that country's war for independence — which took place before she was born — from her Bengali parents and their friends. And when she decided to write a novel about Bangladesh, Anam says.
Anam at the Free Word Centre, London in November 2015 | |
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Born | 8 October 1975 (age 43)[1] Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Occupation | Writer, novelist, columnist |
Language | English |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College (BA) Harvard University (Phd) Royal Holloway, University of London (MA) |
Notable works | A Golden Age The Good Muslim The Bones of Grace |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Roland O. Lamb (m. 2010) |
Relatives | Mahfuz Anam (father) Abul Mansur Ahmed (paternal grandfather) |
- Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She grew up in Paris, New York and Bangkok, attended Harvard University, and now lives in London. Her writing has been published in Granta, the New York Times and the Guardian.She is also a contributing editor to the New Statesman.A Golden Age, her first novel, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize Best.
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Tahmima Anam (Bengali: তাহমিমা আনাম; born 8 October 1975) is a Bangladeshi-born Britishwriter, novelist and columnist. Her first novel, A Golden Age (2007) was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prizes. Her follow-up novel, The Good Muslim, was nominated for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.[2] She is the granddaughter of Abul Mansur Ahmed and daughter of Mahfuz Anam.
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Early life[edit]
Anam was born on 8 October 1975 in Dhaka to Mahfuz Anam and Shaheen Anam. At the age of 2, she moved to Paris when both of her parents joined UNESCO as employees. She grew up in Paris, New York, and Bangkok, learning the story of the Bangladesh Liberation War from her family since her father fought in the war.[3][4][5][6]
Education[edit]
At the age of 17, she received a scholarship for Mount Holyoke College, from which she graduated in 1997.[5][7] She earned a PhD in anthropology from Harvard University in 2005 for her thesis 'Fixing the Past: War, Violence, and Habitations of Memory in Post-Independence Bangladesh.'[8] Later, she completed her master of arts in creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.[7][3]
Career[edit]
In March 2007, Anam's first novel, A Golden Age, was published by John Murray. Inspired by her parents, who were freedom fighters during the war, she set the novel during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[9] She had also researched the war during her post-graduation career. For the benefit of her research, she stayed in Bangladesh for two years and interviewed hundreds of war fighters. She also worked on the set of Tareque and Catherine Masud’s critically acclaimed film Matir Moina (The Clay Bird), which reflects the events during that war.[10]
In 2011, The Good Muslim, a sequel to A Golden Age, was published and long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize. In 2015, her short story 'Garments', inspired by the Rana plaza building collapse, was published and won the O. Henry Award[11][12] and was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.[13] At the same year, she became a judge for The Man Booker International Prize 2016.[14]
In 2016, her novel The Bones of Grace was published by Harper Collins.[15] The following year, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[16][17] Anam's op-ed column has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian and in the New Statesman. In her column, Anam has written about Bangladesh and its growing problems.[18][19][20]
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Personal life[edit]
Anam's first husband was a Bangladeshi marketing executive. In 2010, she married American inventor Roland O. Lamb, whom she met at Harvard University.The couple have a son named Rumi.[15][21] She has resided in Kilburn, London, for the last decade.[22]
Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- A Golden Age. John Murray. 2007. ISBN0-7195-6010-1.
- The Good Muslim. HarperCollins. 2011. ISBN978-0-06-147876-5.
- The Bones of Grace. Harper Collins. 2016. ISBN978-0061478949.
Short stories[edit]
- 'Saving the world'. No. Autumn. London: Granta. 2008.
- 'Anwar Gets Everything'. No. Spring. London: Granta. 2013.
- 'Garments'. No. fall 2015. London: Freeman's. 2015.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^Tahmima Anam author biographyBookBrowse
- ^'Women – Welcome to British Bangladeshi Power 100'. British Bangladeshi Power 100. January 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ abTahmima Anam lifts the veil on Bangladesh’s ugly truthsThe Times
- ^Bergquist, Karin (2007). 'Mahfuz Anam'. culturebase.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007. Outspoken editor from Bangladesh
- ^ abTahmima Anam: ‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh’The Guardian
- ^A Daughter of Bangladeshi Revolutionaries Makes Sense of Life After WarThe New Yorker
- ^ ab'Tahmima Anam '97 Makes Granta's 'Best of Young British Novelists' List'. Mount Holyoke College.
- ^A Postmodern YouthHarvard Magazine
- ^'Bookseller report on Tahmima Anam'. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
- ^'The outsider'. Prothom Alo. 13 January 2007.
- ^Tahmima Anam Wins O Henry AwardThe Daily Star
- ^The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 - Winning StoriesO. Henry Prize
- ^BBC National Short Story AwardBBC Radio 4
- ^The Man Booker International Prize 2016: Judging Panel Announced The Man Booker Prize
- ^ ab'TAHMIMA ANAM COMPLETES her 'BANGLADESH TRILOGY' WITH the BONES OF GRACE'. Telegraph India.
- ^Natasha Onwuemezi, 'Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows', The Bookseller, 7 June 2017.
- ^'Current RSL Fellows'. Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^A Burst of Energy in Bangladesh New York Times
- ^Is Bangladesh turning fundamentalist?’ – and other questions I no longer wish to answerThe Guardian
- ^Bangladesh: Give me back my countryNew Statesman
- ^Hong, Terry (July 2011). 'An Interview with Tahmima Anam'. Bookslut. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^Roy, Amit (5 June 2011). 'Eye on England: Good Author'. Telegraph India. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
External links[edit]
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in Dhaka, Bangladesh
January 01, 1975
Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1975. She was raised in Paris, New York City, and Bangkok. Renowned satirist Abul Mansur Ahmed is her grandfather.
After studying at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University, she earned a PhD in Social Anthropology.
Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Prize, and was the winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. It was translated into 22 languages.
Her writing has been published in Granta, The New York Times, and the Guardian.
She lives in London.
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