# Attia Hosain

> Attia Hosain was an Indian-born British 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 novel Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961) and a collection of short stories titled 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.

*Indian writer who moved to the UK in the 1940 and died in 1998.*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1913-10-20
- **Died:** 1998-01-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://nn.wikiquote.org/wiki/Attia_Hosain)
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- [Attia Hosain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attia_Hosain)
- [अत्तिया हुसैन](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8)
- [Attia Hosain](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attia_Hosain)
- [ਅੱਤੀਆ ਹੁਸੈਨ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A8)
- [عطیہ حسین](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B7%DB%8C%DB%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)
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- [అత్తియా హుస్సేన్](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D)
- [عطیہ حسین](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%B7%DB%8C%DB%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818312)

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