Kamila Shamsie

KS is best known for her novels, which engage with political and aesthetic complexities of Pakistani culture. She also contributes short stories to anthologies of both British and Pakistani fiction. Her writing frequently examines topics of history, nationality, family relations, and feminism, with recurring motifs of displacement, nostalgia, and cultural alienation. Her political pieces include an extended polemic essay on Muslim archetypes, and innumerable journalistic comments on Pakistani history, political movements, and culture. Novelist Aminatta Forna has noted the duality of KS 's influence as both writer and public intellectual.
Freeman, John. “Kamila Shamsie is Bringing Pakistani History to a Global Audience”. Literary Hub.

Milestones

13 August 1973

KS was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She was her parents' second child and the younger of two daughters.
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Freeman, John. “Kamila Shamsie is Bringing Pakistani History to a Global Audience”. Literary Hub.

1982

KS first announced her intention to become a writer when she was only nine years old.
Shamsie, Muneeza. “Sunlight and Salt: The Literary Landscapes of a Divided Family”. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Vol.
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, No. 1, pp. 135-53.
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By 1 March 2009

KS wrote Offence: The Muslim Case for Seagull Publishing 's Manifestos of the 21st Century series.
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Biography

Birth

13 August 1973

KS was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She was her parents' second child and the younger of two daughters.
N.b,. Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com.
Freeman, John. “Kamila Shamsie is Bringing Pakistani History to a Global Audience”. Literary Hub.