Fowzia Karimi is an Afghan-American[1] author and illustrator who won the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in 2011.

Early life and education

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

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

Karimi lives in Denton,[7] Texas.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Fowzia Karimi". World Literature Today. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Winner, Fowzia Karimi". RJF. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  3. 1 2 Nawotka |, Ed. "Deep Vellum Acquires Two Publishers, Adds Imprints". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  4. ↑ "The Brick House". Awst Press. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  5. ↑ Goethe, Johann Wolfgang van (2020-11-19). Faust, Part One: A New Translation with Illustrations. Deep Vellum Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64605-023-9.
  6. ↑ Kishore, Naveen (25 Dec 2022). "What we read in 2022". The News on Sunday (Pakistan). Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  7. 1 2 3 Gempel, Natalie (2020-03-18). "Five Books By Dallas Authors You Should Read Right Now". D Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ Vollmar, Rob (2021-05-04). "Jury Announced for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature". Neustadt Prizes. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
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