About this episode

Tahmima Anam discusses six things that should be better known, including her literary works and various cultural topics.

Tahmima Anam discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal trilogy and a recipient of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book and the O. Henry Award. Her short story ‘Garments’ was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. She is a Granta Best of Young British Novelist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she trained as an anthropologist at Harvard University and now lives in London. Her new novel is Uprising, which is a Political Fiction Book Prize Finalist for the Orwell Prize and is available at https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781837265817 . The Dirty Protest in Ireland https://theconversation.com/dirty-protests-why-irish-republican-prisoners-smeared-their-cells-with-faeces-to-make-a-political-statement-during-the-troubles-160306 Lysistrata https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/aug/03/lysistrata-review-ancient-theatre-of-epidaurus-aristophanes-national-theatre-greece South Korea's 4B movement https://afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/blogs/how-the-4b-feminist-rebellion-is-taking-on-patriarchy Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Sultana's Dream…

People in this episode

Host: Ivan Wise

Guest: Tahmima Anam

Topics covered

• literature
• feminism
• political fiction
• cultural history
• social movements

Keywords

• Tahmima Anam
• Bengal trilogy
• Uprising
• feminism
• literature
• political fiction
• Irish history
• Lysistrata
• Sultana's Dream

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, O. Henry Award, Granta, Royal Society of Literature

Books & works: Bengal trilogy, Garments, Uprising, The Dirty Protest in Ireland, Lysistrata, Sultana's Dream, Coffee Ice cream

Places: Dhaka, Bangladesh, London

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