Pakistan s Kamila Shamsie wins 2018 Women s Prize for Fiction in UK

LONDON – Pakistani origin British author, Kamila Shamsie, shone on the international stage at the UK’s recent prominent literary award.

The Karachi-born writer won the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction, earlier known as the Baileys Prize and Orange Prize, for her seventh novel, Home Fire at a ceremony in central London hosted by Author Kate Mosse, the founder of the prize.

According to Penguin Random House publishers, the novel, a reworking of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone, contains “the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences”.

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The other shortlisted books included The Idiot by Elif Batuman, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Sight by Jessie Greengrass, When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy and Sing, Unburied, Sing bu Jesmyn Ward.

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The winning author received ÂŁ30,000 in prize money and a Bessie – a limited edition bronze figurine.

According to BBC, Sarah Sands, chair of judges, said the panel had chosen “the book which we felt spoke for our times”.

She said: “Home Fire is about identity, conflicting loyalties, love and politics. And it sustains mastery of its themes and its form. It is a remarkable book which we passionately recommend.”

On the achievement, the author received massive felicitations on social media.

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