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ATTIA HOSAIN (1913 - 1998) Books "The Parrot in the Cage" in Indian Short Stories - selected and edited by Mulk Raj Anand and Iqbal Singh, The New India Publishing Company Ltd., 1946
Included in Anthologies: "Time is Unredeemable" in Infinite Riches Ed. Lynn Knight, Virago Modern Classics, 1993 "The First Party" in The Inner Courtyard Stories by Indian Woman, Ed, Lakshmi Holstom, Calcutta, Rupa & Co. 1991 "A Woman and a Child" in More stories from the Raj and After Introduction by Saros Cowasjee, Landon, Grafton Books, 1986 "Time is Unredeemable" in Loaves and Wishes Ed. Antonia Hill , 1992 "Of memories and meals" in Odyssey Short stories by Indian women writers settled abroad Ed. Divya Mathur, Star Publications, Delhi, 1998. Voices of the Crossing, Serpents Tail 1998 Books on or including Attia Hosain Attia Hosain A Diptych Volume Writers of the Indian Diaspora: Series by R.K. Kaul, Jasbir Jain pub. Rawa Publications, Jaipur and New Delhi, 2001. Dwelling in the Archive: Women Writing House, Home, History in Late Colonial India by Antonia Burton pub OUP (USA) 2003. Attia Hosain's short stories also appeared in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly (USA); Liliput (UK) Illustrated weekly of India References: Dictionary of National Biography, UK, Oxford Companion to 20th Century Literature Journalism As a journalist, she wrote for "The Pioneer" when Desmond Young was the editor, in the 1930's, and also in that period for "The Statesman" in Calcutta. She also broadcast a newsletter for the BBC Eastern Service. Broadcasts and Theatre: BBC Eastern Service, (World Service); BBC Home Service, BBC Third Programme from the 1950's to the 1960's, including chairing "Asian Club" for radio and television. She had her own programme in Urdu on the easren Service, and also took part in radio plays such as translations into Urdu of Shakespeare plays ( including "Macbeth", "Hamlet"), Cocteau's "The Human Voice" amongst others. She appeared on stage at the Savoy Theatre, in London's West End, in Peter Mayne's "Bird of Time", with Gladys Cooper and Diana Wynyard. Websites Salidaa, South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive An excellent resource and image library. Sawnet, South Asian Women Writer's Network They Made Their Mark by Muneeza Shamsie. A wide-ranging essay examining early South Asian writing in English that locates Attia Hosain's among the first women novelists of the South Asian diaspora - by Pakistan's leading critic of English South Asian fiction and mother of the contemporary novelist Kamila Shamsie - Attia's great-niece. Copyright Copyright of Attia Hosain's work now rests with the Literary Estate of Attia Hosain. Copyright of audio and video material: Enterchoice Ltd UK. |
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