Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2022) Winner
Aamina Ahmad
アーミナ・アフマド
Aamina Ahmad
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- London, U.K.
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Born and raised in London, England → Resident in the United States (based in the U.S.)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Playwright, Professor, Script editor
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (Professor, Creative Writing), San Jose State University (Lecturer, 2017–2022), Mills College (Visiting Professor, 2020–2021), BBC (Script editor)
- Influenced By
- Her mother (noted influence)
- Nominations
- Nominated for an Off-West End Award (The Dishonoured)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College London | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Fiction | — | — | United States |
| Stanford University (Stegner Fellowship) | — | — | — | 2015–2017 | United States |
University College London
English
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied English at UCL
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Fiction
Year of Graduation:
2013
Country:
United States
Completed fiction studies
Stanford University (Stegner Fellowship)
Period:
2015–2017
Year of Graduation:
2017
Country:
United States
Served as a Stegner Fellow (non-degree)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | — | — | Rona Jaffe Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | ScreenCraft Stage Play Award | The Dishonoured | — | ScreenCraft | 受賞 |
| — | Pushcart Prize | The Red One Who Rocks (short story) | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
2017
Organization:
Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result:
受賞
ScreenCraft Stage Play Award
2019
Work:
The Dishonoured
Organization:
ScreenCraft
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
Work:
The Red One Who Rocks (short story)
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Dishonoured
2016 Play, ThrillerA thriller about murder, espionage, and politics, produced as a full-length stage play.
murderpowerbetrayalhonor
Adaptations
- [Theatre] The Dishonoured (stage production) (2016)
The Return of Faraz Ali
2022 Novel, Literary fictionFaraz Ali returns to his hometown in Pakistan and, through his involvement in covering up a girl's death, the novel explores guilt, family, homecoming, and questions of justice.
guiltfamilyhomecomingclass and justicesecrets
Bibliography
- The Dishonoured (2016)
- The Return of Faraz Ali (2022)
- The Red One Who Rocks (short story, One Story, 2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed psychological characterizationInterleaving of perspectives and timeframesQuiet, restrained narration
- Recurring Motifs
- homecomingsecretsfamily relationshipshonor and shame
Legacy
Praised for both her play and debut novel, particularly The Return of Faraz Ali which received acclaim from major outlets. Active as a creative writing teacher, she is regarded as a notable contemporary writer in English-language fiction.
Quotes
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Quietly stunning
Source: The New York Times Book Review (2022)
Trivia
- Winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award (2017)
- Won a Pushcart Prize for the short story 'The Red One Who Rocks'
- Former script editor for the BBC and active as a playwright
- Joined University of Minnesota as a creative writing professor (2022)