Fahmida Azim

Fahmida Azim
ফাহমিদা আজীম
Born1994 (age 30–31)
Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi-American
Area(s)Artist
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, 2022
Golden Kite Award, 2022
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Fahmida Azim (Bengali: ফাহমিদা আজীম; born 1994) is a Bangladeshi-American illustrator and author. Fahmida won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022 for her portrayal of an escape from a Xinjiang internment camp.[1]

Early life and education

Azim was born in 1994 to a Bengali Muslim family in Bangladesh, and moved to the United States with her parents when she was a child.[2] She was raised in Virginia, and graduated from VCU School of the Arts.[3]

Recognition

Azim and Seema Yasmin's book Muslim Women Are Everything was awarded the 2021 International Book Award for Multicultural Non-Fiction.[4]

Azim was a co-winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, for her illustrations of the 2021 comics journalism work "How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp".[5][6][2][7] She also won the 2022 Golden Kite Award for Best Illustrated Book for Older Readers, for her illustrations in Samira Surfs by Rukhsanna Guidroz.[8]

Personal life

As of 2022, Azim lives in Seattle.[6]

Bibliography

  • (with Seema Yasmin) Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure (Harper Design, 2020) ISBN 978-0062947031
  • (with Rukhsanna Guidroz) Samira Surfs (Kokila 2021) ISBN 978-1984816191
  • (with Anthony Del Col and Josh Adams) I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp (New Friday, Sept. 2023) ISBN 9781988247960[7][9]

References

  1. ^ "Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider, New York, N.Y." www.pulitzer.org. 2021-12-27. Archived from the original on 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  2. ^ a b Sen Gupta, Abhijit (August 26, 2022). "Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim wins Pulitzer Prize; brings laurels to sub-continent". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Yasmin, Seema (April 19, 2017). "Yes, Muslim women do things". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "2021 International Book Awards: 12th Annual Awards Sponsored by American Book Fest". International Book Awards. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  5. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (May 10, 2022). "Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey win new Pulitzer Prize for comic". The Beat. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Zaman, K. Tanzeel (August 22, 2022). "After Ponir Hossain, now illustrator Fahmida Azim claims the Pulitzer for Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Viri, Beatrice (May 3, 2023). "Unafraid: Zumrat Dawut's Escape from China". Publishers Weekly.
  8. ^ op de Beeck, Natalie (March 17, 2022). "SCBWI Announces Golden Kite Awards; Jason Reynolds Delivers a Paean to Mailboxes". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  9. ^ Fisher, Adam (January 11, 2023). "Graphic Novel Review: I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp". Diamond Bookshelf.