Fahmida Azim
Fahmida Azim (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.
Fahmida Azim
- Born
- 1994
- Birthplace
- Bangladesh
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, 2022 Golden Kite Award, 2022
- Nationality
- Bangladeshi-American
- Occupation
- illustrator · cartoonist · writer
- Known for
- How I escaped a Chinese internment camp
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize
- Languages
- American English
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• Born — 1994 • Name Nonen — ফাহমিদা আজীম • Nonus — bn • Birthplace — Bangladesh • Art — y • Awards — Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, 2022 Golden Kite Award, 2022 • Nationality — Bangladeshi-American • Website — https: fahmida-azim.com/
Early life and education
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
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
Personal life
As of 2022, Azim lives in Seattle. She is bisexual.
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