Fahmida Azim
{{Short description|Bangladeshi-American illustrator}}
{{infobox comics creator
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1994}}
| name_nonEN = ফাহমিদা আজীম
| nonUS = bn
| birth_place = Bangladesh
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| art = y
| awards = Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, 2022
Golden Kite Award, 2022
| nationality = Bangladeshi-American
| website = {{url|https://fahmida-azim.com/}}
}}
Fahmida Azim ({{langx|bn|ফাহমিদা আজীম}}; 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.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-12-27 |title=Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider, New York, N.Y. |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/%7B%7Bglobal.pageCanocialUrl%7D%7D |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230912135318/https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/fahmida-azim-anthony-del-col-josh-adams-and-walt-hickey-insider-new-york-ny |archive-date=2023-09-12 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en}}
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.{{cite news |url=https://www.siasat.com/bangladesh-born-fahmida-azim-wins-pulitzer-prize-brings-laurels-to-sub-continent-2399267/ |title=Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim wins Pulitzer Prize; brings laurels to sub-continent |first=Abhijit |last=Sen Gupta |work=The Siasat Daily |date=August 26, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022}} She was raised in Virginia, and graduated from VCU School of the Arts.{{cite news |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/2017/04/19/yes-muslim-women-do-things |title=Yes, Muslim women do things |first=Seema |last=Yasmin |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
Recognition
Azim and Seema Yasmin's book Muslim Women Are Everything was awarded the 2021 International Book Award for Multicultural Non-Fiction.{{cite web |title=2021 International Book Awards: 12th Annual Awards Sponsored by American Book Fest |website=International Book Awards |url=http://www.internationalbookawards.com/aboutus/2021awardannouncement.html |access-date=May 31, 2023}}
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".{{cite web |last1=MacDonald |first1=Heidi |title=Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey win new Pulitzer Prize for comic |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/fahmida-azim-anthony-del-col-josh-adams-and-walt-hickey-win-new-pulitzer-prize-for-comic/ |website=The Beat |access-date=May 11, 2022 |date=May 10, 2022}} She also won the 2022 Golden Kite Award for Best Illustrated Book for Older Readers, for her illustrations in Samira Surfs by Rukhsanna Guidroz.{{cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/88787-scbwi-announces-golden-kite-awards-jason-reynolds-delivers-a-paean-to-mailboxes.html |title=SCBWI Announces Golden Kite Awards; Jason Reynolds Delivers a Paean to Mailboxes |first=Natalie |last=op de Beeck |work=Publishers Weekly |date=March 17, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
Personal life
As of 2022, Azim lives in Seattle.{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/life-living/news/after-ponir-hossain-now-illustrator-fahmida-azim-claims-the-pulitzer-bangladesh-3100651 |title=After Ponir Hossain, now illustrator Fahmida Azim claims the Pulitzer for Bangladesh |first=K. Tanzeel |last=Zaman |work=The Daily Star |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
Bibliography
- (with Seema Yasmin) Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure (Harper Design, 2020) {{ISBN|978-0062947031}}
- (with Rukhsanna Guidroz) Samira Surfs (Kokila 2021) {{ISBN|978-1984816191}}
- (with Anthony Del Col and Josh Adams) I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp (New Friday, Sept. 2023) {{ISBN|9781988247960}}{{cite news |title=Unafraid: Zumrat Dawut's Escape from China |first=Beatrice |last=Viri |date=May 3, 2023 |work=Publishers Weekly |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/92177-unafraid-zumrat-dawut-s-escape-from-china.html}}{{cite web |title=Graphic Novel Review: I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp |date=January 11, 2023 |first=Adam |last=Fisher |work=Diamond Bookshelf |url=https://diamondbookshelf.com/graphic-novel-review-i-escaped-a-chinese-internment-camp/}}
References
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External links
- {{official|https://fahmida-azim.com}}
{{PulitzerPrize EditorialCartooning 2001–2025}}
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Category:American comics artists
Category:American female comics artists
Category:American graphic novelists
Category:American children's book illustrators
Category:American women children's book illustrators
Category:American women journalists of Asian descent
Category:American writers of Bangladeshi descent
Category:Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States