Hosain, Attia (1913–1998)
Hosain, Attia (1913–1998)
Indian actress, journalist, novelist and short-story writer. Born 1913 in Lucknow, India; died Jan 25, 1998.
After Partition in India (1947), moved to England and worked for BBC's Eastern Service; also acted on stage and tv; published Phoenix Fled (1953) and Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961).
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DIED: 2001, Madras, India
NATIONALITY: Indian
GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction
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ETHNONYMS: Castee, East Indian, Eurasian, Goan, Goanese, Mustee
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