Attia Hosain
| Attia Hosain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1913 |
| Died | 1998 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Novels |
Attia Hosain (1913–1998) was a writer, feminist and broadcaster. She was born in 1913 in Lucknow in a taluqdar background. She moved to Britain in 1947.
Biography
Attia was born in Lucknow and went to the local La Martiniere Girls' College.[1] She was the daughter of Sheikh Shahid Husain Kidwai and Nisar Fatima, the daughter of Syed Maqbool Hussain Alvi of Kakori.
She studied at Isabella Thoburn College from the age of fifteen[1] and Lucknow University.[2]
She moved to Britain in 1947 and became a broadcaster for the BBC, hosting a popular women's radio programme.
Attia's niece is the Pakistani author Muneeza Shamsie and her great-niece is author Kamila Shamsie. British television director Waris Hussein is her son and film producer Shama Habibullah is her daughter.[3]
Awards
- Gold medal when she became the first women from a Taluqdar family to graduate from the University of Lucknow in 1933.[2] (She married Ali Bahadur Haibullah in the same year on 27 February).[1]
- The Attia Hosain Trust Fund at Newnham College, Cambridge was set up to fund public lectures on multiculturalism and is presently (2007) funding the fees of South Asian women students at the College.[1]
List of works (incomplete)
- Phoenix Fled, Chatto & Windus, 1953
- Sunlight on a Broken Column, Chatto & Windus, 1961
- Cooking the Indian Way, 1967
References
- 1 2 3 4 Interview with Attia Hosain 1991 at harappa.com accessed July 2007
- 1 2 Attia Hosain in the Literary Encyclopedia by Muneeza Shamsie accessed July 2007
- ↑ Patrick Mulkern, Doctor Who director Waris Hussein on Burton and Taylor, racism and An Adventure in Space and Time, Radio Times, October 2013
External links
- Attia Hosain in the Literary Encyclopedia
- Obituary, The Independent, 5 February 1998