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Kamila Shamsie

Urdu Writer Kamila Shamsie
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Kamila Shamsie is a Pakistani-British writer. She was born on 13 August 1973 in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the daughter of Muneeza Shamsie, who is a journalist and editor. She attended Karachi Grammar School in Pakistan. She has a degree in BA Creative Writing from Hamilton College, USA. She also holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers. 

Her first book was In The City by the Sea, published in 1998 and shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Other books written by her are Home Fire (2017), Broken Verses (2005), Kartography (2002), and Salt and Saffron (2000), A God in Every Stone (2014), Burnt Shadows (2009). She won the Prime Minister's Award for Literature (Pakistan) in 1999, the Patras Bokhari Award (Pakistan) in 2004, the Muslim Writers Award in 2009, and the Women's Prize in 2018. Her 2009 novel Burnt Shadows was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. This book was also translated into more than twenty languages.

BORN TODAY


Born: 2 May 1974

Age Now 50

Darakhshan Tahir - (Actress)

Born: 2 May 1995

Age Now 29

Fajar Sheikh - (Actress)

BELATED BIRTHDAYS


Born: 1 May 1967

Age Now 57

Nargis Rasheed - (TV-Actress)

Born: 1 May 1963

Age Now 61

Sohail Ahmed - (Actor)

Born: 1 May 1963

Age Now 61

Sohail Javed - (Director)

Born: 1 May 1930

Lived For 84 Years

Kamal Ahmed Rizvi - (Actor)

Born: 1 May 1963

Age Now 61

Sohail Ahmad - (Actor)