Biography of Uzma Aslam Khan

Biography of Uzma Aslam Khan

Uzma Aslam Khan was conceived in Lahore and experienced childhood in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the creator of four books, including Trespassing, The Geometry of God, and, most as of late, Thinner than Skin. Trespassing was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize Eurasia 2003. The Geometry of God was casted a ballot one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2009 and won a bronze decoration in the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2010. More slender than Skin was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014. Her books have been deciphered around the world, incorporating into Romania, Brazil, France, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Norway, and Sweden. 

Khan was conceived in Lahore and brought to a great extent up in Karachi, however her most punctual years were migrant and spent in Manila, Tokyo, and London. She got a grant to learn at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, from where she acquired a BA in Comparative Literature, and got a MFA from the University of Arizona, Tucson, US 

Khan's first novel, The Story of Noble Rot, was distributed by Penguin Books India in 2001, and reissued by Rupa and Co. in 2009. It was met with positive audits in significant periodicals and papers in Pakistan and India, and Khan was perceived as "a voice to keep an eye out for 

Her second novel, Trespassing, was distributed at the same time by Flamingo/HarperCollins in the UK and Penguin Books India in 2003. It has been converted into fourteen dialects in eighteen nations. Set during the 1990s amid the aftermaths of the Afghan War and Gulf War and finished a couple of months before 9/11, the book has been designated "farsighted" for how it represents the dim and grieved setting of the west's association in the east and a forerunner to the post-9/11 fiction from Pakistan that was to come. As Khan puts it "Such an extensive amount this book is about history causing issues down the road for you." Writing for Outlook magazine, Nilanjana S. Roy composed that "While Khan's writing might be unobtrusive, her style is as strong as any of the extraordinary storytellers... Khan is making a convention and style of her own as an author." Trespassing was shortlisted for the 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Eurasia area. 

Uzma Aslam Khan was conceived in Lahore and grew up for the most part in Karachi, however she moved a considerable measure as a kid – two years in Tokyo, two in Manila, three in London. She thought of her first (total) story at age six, and wrote constantly after that. Khan is the writer of four books, including The Geometry of God, which was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2009. Her fiction and true to life have been distributed far and wide. A portion from Thinner than Skin was included in Granta's broadly commended issue on Pakistan and has been for some time recorded for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. 

UZMA ASLAM KHAN experienced childhood in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the writer of three past books, including TRESPASSING, assigned for the Commonwealth Prize 2003, and THE GEOMETRY OF GOD, one of the Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2009. More slender THAN SKIN was selected for the Man Asian Literary Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Her work has showed up in Granta, The Massachusetts Review, Counterpunch, Drawbridge, Dawn, Herald, among different compilations and diaries. She as of now lives in western Massachusetts 

The Novel THINNER THAN SKIN: WINNER OF FRENCH EMBASSY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION AT KARACHI LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2014 

LONGLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2014 

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE 2012 

The Novel: THE GEOMETRY OF GOD: WINNER OF THE BRONZE AWARD IN THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS BOOK AWARDS 2010 

Highlighted IN KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2009 

FOREWORD MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF 2009 FINALIST 

The Novel TRESPASSING: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMMONWEALTH PRIZE 2003