1913 - 1998
Attia Hosain Indian Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Attia
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| Last Name |
Hosain
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1912
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| Birthplace |
Lucknow, India
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| Died |
1998
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation Text |
Writer
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Novels
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Attia Hosain (1913–1998) was a British-Indian novelist, author, writer, broadcaster, journalist and actor.She was a woman of letters and a diasporic writer. She wrote in English although her mother tongue was Urdu. She wrote the semi-autobiographical Sunlight on a Broken Column and a collection of short stories named Phoenix Fled. Her career began in England in semi-exile making a contribution to post-colonial literature. Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, Aamer Hussein and Kamila Shamsie have acknowledged her influence.
