Nafiza Azad

**Nafiza Azad** yar Fijian-Kanada matashiyar mawallafiyar fantasy. Littafinta na farko, *The Candle and the Flame*, an sake shi a cikin shekarar 2019.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Azad a Lautoka, Fiji. Damar samun damar shiga kayan karatu ba su da iyaka: garinsu ya ƙunshi ɗakin karatu guda ɗaya kawai, kuma masu karatu suna iya aron littattafai biyu kawai a lokaci guda, don haka Azad da ƙawayenta sukan yi labarai don nishaɗi. A shekarar 2001, tana da shekaru goma sha bakwai, ta ƙaura zuwa Kanada tare da danginta.  Azad ta shiga Jami'ar British Columbia a shekara ta 2007, inda ta fara karatun ilmin halitta da nufin zama likita. Duk da haka, daga baya ta zaɓe ta zama babbar jami'a a Turanci a maimakon haka, da kuma burin yin aiki a rubuce.  Rubutun nata ya kunshi wani novel, wanda ta ce ta rubuta bayan wani farfesa ya ce ba ta yi ba.  Mashawarcin karatun ta shine Maggie de Vries .  Azad a halin yanzu yana zaune a Vancouver . 

## Aiki
Aikin farko na Azad, *The Candle and the Flame*, Scholastic ne ya buga shi a cikin shekarar 2019. Ta yaba wa marubucin Ba’amurke G. Willow Wilson – wanda, kamar ita, mace ce kuma musulma – a matsayin babban tasiri kan shawarar da ta yanke na ci gaba da aikin rubuce-rubuce, inda ta bayyana cewa karanta littafin littafin Wilson na *Alif the Unseen* ya sa ta ji “kamar na yi a karshe. sami wani tunani […] Ina da haƙƙi ga abubuwan da suka faru na kaina”, daga baya yana ƙarfafa ta ta rubuta almara na ta.  Bugu da ƙari, ta buga littafin SA Chakraborty's *New City of Brass* da Franny Billingsley's *Chime* a matsayin tasiri a kan makirci da salon rubutun *The Candle da Flame.*  A matsayinta na marubuciya, Katelyn Detwailer ta wakilce ta a Jill Grinberg Gudanar da adabi. 

A halin yanzu ita ce mai haɗin gwiwa, kuma marubuci kuma mai gudanarwa a Littafin Wars. 

## Ayyuka

### ''Candle da harshen wuta'' (2019)
*Candle da harshen wuta* shine littafin farko na Azad. An fara buga shi a ranar 1 ga watan Maris na shekarar 2019 ta Scholastic Press, tambarin Scholastic Inc.  

An tsara littafin ne a cikin hanyar siliki na almara na birnin Noor, inda mutane da Djinn - ruhohin allahntaka daga tarihin addinin musulunci suke rayuwa tare da juna. Makircinta ya biyo bayan wata matashiya mai suna Fatima, wadda tana daya daga cikin wadanda suka tsira daga kisan kiyashin da ya halaka mutanen garin na asali, kuma ta tsunduma cikin rikici tsakanin mazauna garin na Ifrit (ajin Djinn) da kuma mugayen ruhohi. da aka sani da Shaidan. Birnin yana da wahayi kuma ya ƙunshi abubuwa na al'adun Kudancin Asiya da Gabas ta Tsakiya, tare da littafin da ke ɗauke da kalmomi cikin Larabci, Punjabi, Urdu da Hindi. 

Azad ta bayyana cewa ta rubuta *littafin The Candle and the Flame* ne a matsayin martani ga karuwar nuna kishin kasa da kyamar baki, da kuma nunawa masu karatu kimar al’adu da bambancin ra’ayi. Ta yi imanin cewa 'ruhun bambance-bambance da al'adu daban-daban yana da mahimmanci ga adabin yara', domin yana ba yara da matasa daga sassa daban-daban damar ganin kansu a cikin labaran da suke samu, tare da ba su damar koyo game da su. kuma suna da alaƙa da ƙungiyoyin da ba sa cikin su. A wata hira da marubuci Hafsah Faizal, Azad ya ce 'Na gaji sosai da ƙiyayyar da ake yi a kan hanyarmu, don haka na yanke shawara a kan wani jarumin musulmi'. Bugu da ƙari, ta yi iƙirarin cewa littafin ya nuna imaninta na mata, inda ta bayyana cewa 'mafi yawa game da mata su kasance mata a cikin mafi kyawun hanyoyin da zai yiwu', kuma ta hanyarsa tana fatan nunawa ga masu karatu' cewa mata na iya zama masu karfi ta hanyoyi daban-daban. ba tare da bukatar daukar takobi ba'. 

Gabaɗaya liyafar novel ɗin ya yi kyau. Caitlyn Paxson, rubutawa ga NPR, ya yaba da ƙarfin Azad don gina duniya, tare da lura da musamman "hankalin dalla-dalla da sadaukar da harshe".  Amna Maque ta Littattafai, a halin da ake ciki, ta bayyana Candle da Harashin a matsayin 'kyakkyawan halarta na farko' tare da 'rubutun zurfafawa' da kuma 'rikitaccen simintin gyaran zuciya'.  Dukansu masu sukar, duk da haka, sun lura cewa wasan kwaikwayo na littafin ya kasance ba daidai ba, tare da Paxson ya rubuta cewa 'Musamman, rabi na farko yana ɗaukar lokaci don gano hanyarsa, tare da na biyu yana ɗaukar sauri.' 

Marubuciya Rena Barron ta lura da littafin 'lush, ingantaccen ginin duniya', yana mai bayyana cewa 'wajibi ne a karanta shi ga mutanen da ke son fantasy brimming tare da kyawawan rubuce-rubuce da tatsuniyoyi'; Har ila yau, ya samu yabo daga wasu mawallafa na Matasa Adult da almara irin da suka hada da Rachel Hartman, Rebecca Lim da Ausma Zehanat Khan . 

### ''Daji'' (2021)
Haƙƙoƙin Littafin Matasa na biyu na Azad, *The Wild Ones: A Broken Anthem for a Girl Nation*, Margaret K. McElderry Books ya samu, tambarin Sashin Yara na Simon da Schuster, a cikin Maris 2020. Bin gungun matasa 'yan mata masu karfin sihiri a cikin labari mai ra'ayoyi da yawa da jigogi na mata, ana sa ran buga littafin a lokacin rani na 2021. 

## Yabo
Azad ta samu nade-nade don samun lambobin yabo kamar haka:

* 2020
** William C. Morris YA lambar yabo ta halarta ta farko don *Candle da Flame* (wanda ya zo na karshe). 
** Kyautar Sunburst don Kyau a cikin Littattafan Kanada na Fantastic don *Candle da Flame* (da aka jera). 

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje
 

* Nafiza Azad at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database