Adib Khan
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Adib Khan is an Australian novelist of Bangladeshi
origin. He moved to Australia in 1973 and obtained an MA from Monash University
in 1976. He taught creative writing at Ballarat University, and in 2007 returned to Monash to pursue a PhD.
Khan started writing in his 40s and has published five novels. His first novel, Seasonal Adjustments won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Book of the Year award in the 1994 NSW Premier′s Literary Awards, and the 1995 Commonwealth Writers' Prize
for Best Book, and was also shortlisted for the 1994 Age Book of the Year award.
Solitude of Illusions was shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and the Ethnic Affairs Commission Award in the 1997 NSW Premier′s Literary Awards. It won the 1997 Tilly Aston Braille Book of the Year Award.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
origin. He moved to Australia in 1973 and obtained an MA from Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in 1976. He taught creative writing at Ballarat University, and in 2007 returned to Monash to pursue a PhD.
Khan started writing in his 40s and has published five novels. His first novel, Seasonal Adjustments won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Book of the Year award in the 1994 NSW Premier′s Literary Awards, and the 1995 Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers is an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. It's flagship are two literary awards and a website...
for Best Book, and was also shortlisted for the 1994 Age Book of the Year award.
Solitude of Illusions was shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and the Ethnic Affairs Commission Award in the 1997 NSW Premier′s Literary Awards. It won the 1997 Tilly Aston Braille Book of the Year Award.
Novels
- Seasonal Adjustments, Allen & Unwin, 1994, ISBN 9781863736527
- Solitude of Illusions, Allen & Unwin, 1996, ISBN 9781864481471
- The Storyteller, Flamingo, 2000, ISBN 9780732267872
- Homecoming, Flamingo, 2003, ISBN 9780732277086
- Spiral Road, HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2007, ISBN 9780732284176
External links
- A review of Adib Khan’s “Seasonal Adjustments”, The Daily Star, Jessica Mudditt, 10 April 2010
- http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=133673