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SHAHRAZ, Qaisra
Birth date:
Birthplace: Born in Pakistan, but grew up in England
Education: Studied English and Classical Civilization at the University of
Manchester. She also received a masters degree in English and European
Literature.
Professional Career: Shahraz works as a lecturer, examiner, and college
inspector. She has written several plays as well as television scripts. Her
show, Tuheen, was a hit on Pakistan television. She is also a contributor to
several newspapers and magazines.
Works
- The Holy Woman. London: Black Amber Books, 2001.
SHAMSIE, Kamila
Birth date: 1973
Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan
Education: Studied at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She was also in the
graduate program for creative writing at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
Professional Career: Shamsie was born into a literary family, with her great
aunt, Attiya Hussain, her mother, Muneeza Shamsie, and her grandmother, Jahanara
Habibullahs all being writers. Her first novel, In the City by the Sea,
won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize and the Prime Ministers Award for literature
in Pakistan in 1999.
Works
- In the City by the Sea. New York: Penguin Books, 1998.
SIDHWA, Bapsi
Birth date: 1938
Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan
Education: Educated at home until age fifteen; attended university in the
Punjab.
Professional Career: Sidhwa is a parsee and feels being a member of such a small
minority group has influenced her writing. She sees things objectively and
believes her novels show her inclination to write about humor, even in the
context of tradgedies. She has been on the advisory committee to Prime Minister
Benezir Bhutto on Women's Development and has taught at Colombia University,
Rice University, and the University of Houston. She has been awarded the
Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's national honor of the arts and is currently the
writer-in-residence at Mt. Holyoke College.
Works
- An American Brat. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions,
1993.
- Ice-Candy-Man (published as Cracking India). London:
Heinemann, 1988.
- The Bride. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
- The Crow Eaters. Lahore: Imani Press, 1978.
SHAFQUAT, Sofia
Birth date: 1959
Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan
Education: Graduated with a B.A. from Brown University in 1980.
Professional Career: Shafquat has held several positions at literary agencies
and was a free-lance writer for magazines from 1980-1985. She has also been a
graphic designer and illustrator since 1980 and has contributed articles and
illustrations to periodicals, including American Health.
Works
- The Shadow Man. Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press,
1993.
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