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Tahmima Anam, the Glossary

Tahmima Anam (তাহমিমা আনাম; born 8 October 1975) is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, novelist and columnist.^[1]

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A Golden Age

A Golden Age is the first novel of the Bangladesh-born writer Tahmima Anam.

Abul Mansur Ahmad (আবুল মনসুর আহমদ,; born Ahmad Ali Farazi, 3 September 1898 – 18 March 1979) was a Bangladeshi politician, writer, and journalist. Tahmima Anam and Abul Mansur Ahmad are 20th-century Bengalis and people from Mymensingh District.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence and known as the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.

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BBC National Short Story Award

The BBC National Short Story Award (known as the National Short Story Award in 2006 and 2007) has been described as "one of the most prestigious for a single short story" and the richest prize in the world for a single short story.

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BookBrowse

BookBrowse is an online magazine and website that provides book reviews, author interviews, book previews, and reading guides.

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British Bangladeshis

British Bangladeshis (Bilatī Bangladeshī) are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Canongate Books

Canongate Books (trading as Canongate) is an independent publishing firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Catherine Masud

Catherine Masud (ক্যাথরিন মাসুদ) is an American-born filmmaker, residing in Bangladesh from 1995–2015.

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Columnist

A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.

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Comedy Women in Print Prize

The Comedy Women in Print Prize is a literary award for comedy novels written by women.

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Commonwealth Foundation prizes

Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011.

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Dhaka

Dhaka (or; Ḍhākā), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

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East Pakistan

East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh.

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Granta

Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated: "In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world." Granta has published twenty-seven laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Harvard Magazine

Harvard Magazine is an independently edited magazine and separately incorporated affiliate of Harvard University.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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International Booker Prize

The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.

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John Murray (publishing house)

John Murray is a Scottish publisher, known for the authors it has published in its long history including Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Robert Malthus, David Ricardo, and Charles Darwin.

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List of British Bangladeshis

This is a list of notable British Bangladeshis (উল্লেখযোগ্য বিলাতী বাংলাদেশীদের তালিকা). Tahmima Anam and list of British Bangladeshis are Bangladeshi expatriates in the United Kingdom.

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List of Muslim writers and poets

This is a list of notable Muslim writers and poets.

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Mahfuz Anam

Mahfuz Anam (born 18 June 1950) is a Bangladeshi journalist. Tahmima Anam and Mahfuz Anam are 20th-century Bengalis, 21st-century Bengalis and people from Mymensingh District.

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Man Asian Literary Prize

The Man Asian Literary Prize was an annual literary award between 2007 and 2012, given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendar year.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Matir Moina

Matir Moina (মাটির ময়না; also known in English as The Clay Bird) is a 2002 Bengali war-drama film written and directed by Tareque Masud.

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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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O. Henry Award

The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Rana Plaza collapse

The Rana Plaza collapse (also referred to as the Savar building collapse or the collapse of Rana Plaza) was a structural failure that occurred on 24 April 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an eight-storey commercial building called Rana Plaza collapsed.

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Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a member institution of the federal University of London.

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Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

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Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.

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TED (conference)

TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading".

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The Bones of Grace

The Bones of Grace is a novel by Tahmima Anam.

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The Bookseller

The Bookseller is a British magazine reporting news on the publishing industry.

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The Good Muslim

The Good Muslim is a novel by Tahmima Anam.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahmima_Anam

Tahmima Anam, the Glossary

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See also

21st-century Bangladeshi women writers

21st-century Bangladeshi writers

Bangladeshi expatriates in the United Kingdom

Bangladeshi women novelists

Writers from Dhaka

References