Uzma Aslam Khan

Asma Mansoor (International Islamic University Islamabad (Pakistan))

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), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), 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 19 Feb 1969
Activity 2003-ongoing

Places

Born in Pakistan
Active in Pakistan

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Primary

Novelist

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Khan's Works

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As one of the most notable Pakistani Anglophone novelists, Uzma Aslam Khan stands out in prominence because of the variety of themes that she has addressed in her fiction, as well as the stylistic diversity that she is capable of. With her consummate skill in creating characters that are complicated and relatable, Khan has the ability to address a plethora of issues impacting the country of her birth and the world in general too. Her five novels,

The Story of Noble Rot

(2001)

, Trespassing

(2003)

,The Geometry of God

(2008)

Thinner than Skin

(2012)

and

The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali

(2019),

have all earned critical acclaim.

The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali

was shortlisted for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Award and won the 2023 Massachusetts Award for Fiction.

Born in 1969 in

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Citation: Mansoor, Asma. "Uzma Aslam Khan". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 February 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14498, accessed 24 November 2024.]