Nadeem Aslam
Nadeem Aslam FRSL | |
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Aslam in 2016 | |
| Born | 11 June 1966 Gujranwala, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | Pakistani, British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (Drop-out) |
| Period | 1993––present |
| Genre | Novel, Essay |
| Literary movement | Realism, Postmodernism, Imagism, Postcolonialism |
| Notable works | Maps for Lost Lovers The Blind Man's Garden The Golden Legend |
| Notable awards | Betty Trask Award 1994 Author's Club First Novel Award 1993 Encore Award 2005 Kiriyama Prize 2005 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize 2014 |
Nadeem Aslam FRSL (born 11 July 1966 in Gujranwala, Pakistan) is a British Pakistani novelist. His debut novel, Season of the Rainbirds, won the Betty Trask and the Author's Club First Novel Award. His critically acclaimed second novel Maps for Lost Lovers won Encore Award and Kiriyama Prize; it was shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award, among others. Colm Tóibín described him as "one of the most exciting and serious British novelists writing now".
His most recent book is The Golden Legend (2017).