Kamila Shamsie, The Pakistani Writer and Novelist
Kamila Shamsie is an award-winning Pakistani novelist of English language.
She was brought up in Karachi and attended Karachi Grammar School.
Shamsie wrote her first novel, In The City By The Sea, while still at UMass, and it was published in 1998. It was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in the UK, and Shamsie received the Prime Minister's Award for Literature in Pakistan in 1999.
Her second novel, Salt and Saffron, followed in 2000, after which she was selected as one of Orange's 21 Writers of the 21st century.
Her third novel, Kartography, received widespread critical acclaim and was short-listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys award in the UK. Both Kartography and her next novel, Broken Verses, have won the Patras Bokhari Award from the Academy of Letters in Pakistan.
Her fifth novel Burnt Shadows was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her books have been translated in a number of languages.
She is also a reviewer and columnist - primarily for The Guardian - and has been a judge for several literary awards, including the Orange Award for New Writers and the Guardian First Book Award.
Kamila Shamsie Publications
2009 Burnt Shadows, Bloomsbury 2005 Broken Verses, Bloomsbury 2002 Kartography, Bloomsbury 2000 Salt and Saffron, Bloomsbury 1998 In the City by the Sea, Granta (reissued 2004)
Kamila Shamsie Awards
2009 Orange Prize for Fiction, Burnt Shadows, shortlist 2009 Muslim Writers Award, Burnt Shadows, shortlist 2004 Patras Bokhari Award (Pakistan) 2002 Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Kartography, shortlist 2000 Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, In the City by the Sea, shortlist 1999 Prime Minister's Award for Literature (Pakistan), In the City by the Sea
Kamila Shamsie is an award-winning Pakistani novelist of English language.
She was brought up in Karachi and attended Karachi Grammar School.
Shamsie wrote her first novel, In The City By The Sea, while still at UMass, and it was published in 1998. It was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in the UK, and Shamsie received the Prime Minister's Award for Literature in Pakistan in 1999.
Her second novel, Salt and Saffron, followed in 2000, after which she was selected as one of Orange's 21 Writers of the 21st century.
Her third novel, Kartography, received widespread critical acclaim and was short-listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys award in the UK. Both Kartography and her next novel, Broken Verses, have won the Patras Bokhari Award from the Academy of Letters in Pakistan.
Her fifth novel Burnt Shadows was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her books have been translated in a number of languages.
She is also a reviewer and columnist - primarily for The Guardian - and has been a judge for several literary awards, including the Orange Award for New Writers and the Guardian First Book Award.
Kamila Shamsie Publications
2009 Burnt Shadows, Bloomsbury 2005 Broken Verses, Bloomsbury 2002 Kartography, Bloomsbury 2000 Salt and Saffron, Bloomsbury 1998 In the City by the Sea, Granta (reissued 2004)
Kamila Shamsie Awards
2009 Orange Prize for Fiction, Burnt Shadows, shortlist 2009 Muslim Writers Award, Burnt Shadows, shortlist 2004 Patras Bokhari Award (Pakistan) 2002 Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Kartography, shortlist 2000 Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, In the City by the Sea, shortlist 1999 Prime Minister's Award for Literature (Pakistan), In the City by the Sea
Pakistan Zindabad!
Regards
One of the 180 Million Cornered Tigers
Pakistan.
- As a Pakistani, I am as perfect as you are, and as imperfect as you are!
Regards
One of the 180 Million Cornered Tigers
Pakistan.
- As a Pakistani, I am as perfect as you are, and as imperfect as you are!
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