Bangladeshi Writers Abroad

Bangladeshi Writers Abroad is a partial list of writers/authors of Bangladesh origin who are living abroad – Canada, USA, UK, Germany and other countries. The list includes both fiction and non-fiction writers – poets, novelists, essayists, biographers, critics, dramatist, etc. who has published their work. Bloggers are not included in this list.

ImageWritersCountryBookLanguageLink/ContactAlternate
Monica AliUKBrick Lane (2004)EnglishContact
Neamat ImamCanadaThe Black Coat (2013)EnglishWebsite Link
Abeer Yusria HoqueUSA Olive Witch: A Memoir (2016)EnglishWebsite Link
Maria ChaudhuriHonk KongBeloved Strangers: A Memoir (2014)EnglishContact
Zia Haider RahmanUKIn the Light of What We Know (2014)EnglishWebsite Link
Tahmima AnamUKA Golden Age (2007)EnglishContact
Javed JahangirUSAGhost Alley (2014)EnglishContact
Tanwi Nandini IslamUSABright Lines (2015)EnglishWebsite Link
Nuran NabiUSABullets of '71 (2015)Bangla, EnglishWebsite Link
Taslima NasreenUSALajja (1993)Bangla, EnglishWebsite Link
Shahid Qadri USATomake Abhibadan Priyatama (1974)BanglaContact
Mina FarahUSAPorobashi (2005)BanglaWebsite Link
Daud HaiderGermanySongs of Despair (1992)Bangla, EnglishContact
Ali Riaz, PhDUSAIslam and Identity Politics among British-Bangladeshis: A Leap of Faith (2013)Bangla, EnglishContact
Nadiya HussainUKNadiya's Kitchen (2016)EnglishWebsite Link
Subir ChowdhuryUSAThe Ice Cream Maker (2005)EnglishWebsite Link
Aminul HoqueUKBritish-Islamic Identity: Third-generation Bangladeshis from East London (2015)EnglishContact
Nazia AliUKInto the Light from the Darkness (2013)EnglishContact
Rekha WaheedUKSaris and the City (2010)EnglishContact
Salam JonesUKDays of Our Wives (2013)EnglishContact
Shahida RahmanUKLascar (2012)EnglishWebsite Link
Badrul H. Khan, PhDUSARevolutionizing Modern Education through Meaningful E-Learning Implementation (2016)EnglishWebsite Link
Anisul Hoque USAMaa (2005)BanglaContact
Farah GhuznaviUKFragments of Riversong (2013)EnglishContact
Shamim Azad UK Priongboda (2012) Bangla Contact
Dilruba Ahmed USA Dhaka Dust (2011) English Personal
Dilara Hashem USA Amlokir Mou (1978) BanglaPersonal
Sharbari Zohra Ahmed USAThe Ocean of Mrs Nagai (2013) EnglishContact
Kia Abdullah UKChild's Play (2009) EnglishPersonal
Ghulam Murshid UKMuktijuddha O Tarpor () Bangla, English Contact
Abdul Gaffar Choudhury UK Shesh Rajanir Chand (1967) BanglaContact
Bidita Rahman USAGray Sense: A Mysterious Silence (2017) English Contact
Ed Husain UK The Islamist (2007) English Contact
Roopa Farooki UKBitter Sweets (2008) EnglishPersonal
Ghalib Islam Canada Fire in the Unnameable Country (2014) English Personal
Rifat Anjum Salam USA Negotiating Tradition, Becoming American: Family, Gender, and Autonomy for Second-Generation South Asians (2013) English Contact
Dilruba Z. Ara SwedenA List Of Offences (2013) English Contact
Ahsan Akbar UK The Devil's Thumbprint (2013) English Contact
Syed Shehzar Mukkarrim Doja LuxembourgDrift (2016) English Contact
Ikhtisad Ahmed UK Yours, Etcetera (2014) English Personal
Sabina Khan Canada Realm of the Goddess (2014) EnglishPersonal
Leesa Gazi UKBirangona: Women of War (2013) English Contact
Habiba N. Shaw USAMarks Behind the Stones (2017) English Personal
Arif Anwar Canada The Storm (2018) English Personal

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