page_title: List of British Bangladeshis
section_title: Literature
hierarchical_section_title: List of British Bangladeshis / Literature
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Mohammed Mahbub Hussain (Ed Husain).
context_page_description: This is a list of notable British Bangladeshis. This includes Bangladeshi immigrants settled or residing in the United Kingdom and British-born citizens of Bangladeshi national origin.
  Successful members from the community are recognised in the annual BritBangla, British Bangladeshi Who's Who and British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration 100 for their significant work, contribution and achievements in British society.
context_section_description: Abdur Rouf Choudhury – Bengali diaspora writer and philosopher. He has received numerous literary awards from Bangladesh, and life membership from the Bangla Academy.
  Ahsan Akbar – Poet and writer whose debut book The Devil's Thumbprint was published in 2013.
  Aminul Hoque – Lecturer and non-fiction writer.  In 2015, his first book British-Islamic Identity: Third-generation Bangladeshis from East London was published. In 2005, he received a Philip Lawrence Award.
  Mohammed Mahbub "Ed" Husain – Writer of the 2007 book The Islamist on account of his experience with Hizb ut-Tahrir for five years.
  Ghulam Murshid – Author, scholar and journalist. He has received numerous literary awards from India and Bangladesh, including the Bangla Academy award.
  Kia Abdullah – Novelist and journalist, who contributes on The Guardian and has written two novels: 2006's Life, Love and Assimilation and 2009's Child's Play.
  Monica Ali – Author of the 2004 novel Brick Lane.
  Muhammad Mojlum Khan – Non-fiction writer. He wrote the 2008 book The Muslim 100: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History and the 2013 book The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal.
  Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – Author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies and participant of the 9/11 Truth movement.
  Rekha Waheed – Writer and novelist, who has written four novels, including 2004's The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriage, and 2010's Saris and the City and My Bollywood Wedding.
  Roopa Farooki – Novelist.
  Shahida Rahman – Writer best known for her 2012 novel Lascar. In 2015, she was awarded the Arts and Culture Awareness award at the British Muslim Awards.
  Shamim Azad – Bilingual poet, storyteller and writer.
  Tahmima Anam – Author of the 2007 novel A Golden Age which was the Best First Book winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2008.
  Zia Haider Rahman – Author of the 2014 novel In the Light of What We Know which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
caption: Author of The Islamist, Ed Husain
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