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Tahmima Anam
British writer, novelist and columnist.
Tahmima Anam (Bengali: তাহমিমা আনাম; born 8 October 1975) is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, novelist and columnist.[2] 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.[3] She is the granddaughter of Abul Mansur Ahmed and daughter of Mahfuz Anam.
Early life
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 parents.[4][5][6][7]
Education
At the age of 17, she received a scholarship for Mount Holyoke College, from which she graduated in 1997.[6][8] She earned a PhD in