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Tahmima Anam


Bangladesh

Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1975. She attended Mount Holyoke College, and received a PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University. The Good Muslim is the second novel, following A Golden Age, in her Bengal Trilogy. She lives in London.
 

Awards: Commonwealth (2008)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Series
Bangla Desh
   1. A Golden Age (2007)
   2. The Good Muslim (2011)
   3. The Bones of Grace (2016)
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Novels
   The Startup Wife (2021)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Tahmima Anam
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Tales of Two Planets (2020)
Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World
edited by
John Freeman
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The Best American Short Stories 2016 (2016)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Junot Díaz

Awards
2013 Granta Best of Young British Novelists
2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book : A Golden Age

Award nominations
2016 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : Garments
2007 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : A Golden Age


Tahmima Anam recommends
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The Museum Detective (2025)
Maha Khan Phillips
"The Museum Detective is everything you want in a crime novel: twisty, unputdownable, and with a brilliant, lovable heroine who will take up permanent residence in your head."
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Tell Me an Ending (2022)
Jo Harkin
"A cautionary tale about technology making its way into the very depths of our personal lives, Tell Me an Ending is thought-provoking and utterly compulsive."
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Love Marriage (2022)
Monica Ali
"No one captures the modern family like Monica Ali - Love Marriage is a masterful cacophony of characters, all drawn with deep empathy and sharp insight. The novel is full of surprises and unexpected twists, with an ending that will take your breath away."

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