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Attia Hosain

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

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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.

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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.

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India
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deceased
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Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 84
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9 languages

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