Fowzia Karimi is an Afghan-American[1] author and illustrator who won the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in 2011.
Early life and education edit
Karimi was born in Kabul and relocated to the United States in 1980.[2]
She has a masters in fine arts degree from Mills College at Northeastern University, in California.[2]
Career edit
Karimi won the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award[3] in 2011.[2] She illustrated Micheline Aharonian Marcom's 2017 book The Brick House.[4] She illustrated the Zsuzsanna Ozsváth and Frederick Turner's translation of Goethe's Faust, published by Deep Vellum Books, in 2020.[5]
Karimi is the author of the illustrated book Above us the Milky Way: An Illuminated Alphabet, published by Deep Vellum, in 2020).[6][3] The book was Karimi's first, is autobiographical, and incorporates family photographs and watercolour paintings.[7] The book follows the stories of five sisters, who are born in Afghanistan and relocate to the United States.[8] It was described by D Magazine as "gorgeous".[7] It was re-released in audiobook format in 2021.[9] The book inspired the 2022 exhibit Above Us the Milky Way in Void Gallery, Belfast.[10]
She was a Neustadt International Prize for Literature jury member in 2022.[11]
Personal life edit
References edit
- ^ "Fowzia Karimi". World Literature Today. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ a b c d "Winner, Fowzia Karimi". RJF. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ a b Nawotka |, Ed. "Deep Vellum Acquires Two Publishers, Adds Imprints". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "The Brick House". Awst Press. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang van (2020-11-19). Faust, Part One: A New Translation with Illustrations. Deep Vellum Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64605-023-9.
- ^ Kishore, Naveen (25 Dec 2022). "What we read in 2022". The News on Sunday (Pakistan). Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ a b c Gempel, Natalie (2020-03-18). "Five Books By Dallas Authors You Should Read Right Now". D Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Poole, Buzz (10 Dec 2020). "Rian Hughes's illustrated novel 'XX' reinvents a classic science fiction trope in a massive work of dizzying originality". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "New book by Dallas' David Marquis shows us the answer is right in front of us — water". Dallas News. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ "Belfast's 2022 culture guide: The definitive list of major events, exhibitions and shows to enjoy this summer". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ^ Vollmar, Rob (2021-05-04). "Jury Announced for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature". Neustadt Prizes. Retrieved 2023-02-14.