Kamila Shamsie

Peter Morey (University of Birmingham)

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born 1973
Activity 1998-ongoing

Places

Born in Pakistan
Active in Pakistan; United Kingdom; United States

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Lecturer
Novelist

Resources

Kamila Shamsie is one of the most celebrated contemporary novelists in English. She was born into a literary family in Karachi, Pakistan in 1973: the daughter of journalist and writer Muneeza Shamsie; granddaughter of the memoirist Jahanara Habibullah; and great-niece of the novelist Attia Hosain (Shamsie, 2009c). After attending Karachi Grammar School, Shamsie studied at Hamilton College and at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the United States where she pursued creative writing under the renowned Kashmiri-American poet and teacher Agha Shahid Ali whose influence is felt in many of her subsequent works.

For several years, Shamsie moved between Pakistan, the United States, and Britain, before finally settling in …

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Citation: Morey, Peter. "Kamila Shamsie". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 March 2022 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5957, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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