Chambers, Claire Gail orcid.org/0000-0001-8996-4129 and Shahraz, Qaisra (2017) Qaisra Shahraz in Interview with Claire Chambers. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature. 8. pp. 102-109. ISSN 1985-3106
Abstract
Qaisra Shahraz is a popular and acclaimed Pakistan-born and Manchester-resident screenwriter, educationalist, novelist and short story author. She was recently recognised as number 1 out of the 50 most influential women in Manchester. Last year she won the National Diversity “Lifetime Achiever” Award for services to literature, education, women’s rights and interfaith relationships. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and advisor to Asia Pacific Writers & Translators partnerships. Her novels have been translated into many languages including Mandarin. In this interview, Claire Chambers discusses her new short story collection The Concubine and the Slave-Catcher in detail with Shahraz, as well as asking her to give readers a preview of her current work.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Qaisra Shahraz,Pakistani literature,Short stories,Postcolonial Studies,Migration,British Muslims |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > English and Related Literature (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2018 10:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2024 00:08 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | No |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125733 |
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