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Tahmima Anam

Bangladesh

Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1975. She attended Mount Holyoke College, and received a PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University. The Good Muslim is the second novel, following A Golden Age, in her Bengal Trilogy. She lives in London.

Awards: Commonwealth (2008) see all

Genres: Literary Fiction

New and upcoming books

May 2026

Uprising

Series

Bangla Desh
   1. A Golden Age (2007)
   2. The Good Muslim (2011)
   3. The Bones of Grace (2016)

Novels

The Startup Wife (2021)
Uprising (2026)

Series contributed to

BBC National Short Story Award
The BBC National Short Story Award 2016 (2016) (with others)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Tahmima Anam

The Penguin Book of the International Short Story (2026)
edited by
Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman

Tales of Two Planets (2020)
Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World
edited by
John Freeman

Freeman's Power (2018)
edited by
John Freeman

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Awards

	2013 Granta Best of Young British Novelists
	2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book : A Golden Age

Award nominations

	2016 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : Garments
	2007 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : A Golden Age

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