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Bangladeshi-American illustrator
Fahmida Azimফাহমিদা 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.

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. She was raised in Virginia, and graduated from VCU School of the Arts.

Recognition

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

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". She also won the 2022 Golden Kite Award for Best Illustrated Book for Older Readers, for her illustrations in Samira Surfs by Rukhsanna Guidroz.

Personal life

As of 2022, Azim lives in Seattle.

Bibliography

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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.

External links

Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary (2001–2025)
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning from 1922–2022
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