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Bangladeshi-American illustrator
Fahmida Azim (
Bengali : ফাহমিদা আজীম ; b. 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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Bibliography
References
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"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 .
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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 .
^ Yasmin, Seema (April 19, 2017).
"Yes, Muslim women do things" .
The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved September 21, 2022 .
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"2021 International Book Awards: 12th Annual Awards Sponsored by American Book Fest" . International Book Awards . Retrieved May 31, 2023 .
^ 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 .
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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 .
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a
b Viri, Beatrice (May 3, 2023).
"Unafraid: Zumrat Dawut's Escape from China" .
Publishers Weekly .
^ 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 .
^ Fisher, Adam (January 11, 2023).
"Graphic Novel Review: I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp" . Diamond Bookshelf .
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