The Daily Star Hay Festival Dhaka-2014 Supplement
HEY, HAY! / HEY, HAY!
Hay Fever / Hay Fever
Down the back alleys of remembrance
Accompanied on stage by acclaimed writers Syed Manzoorul Islam, A Qayyum Khan and Kaiser Huq, the launching of Shahzaman Mozumder's new memorandum on 1971, “The Guerrilla”, by Daily Star Books took place in front of a brimming and absorbed crowd composed of literary enthusiasts and history buffs.
The Hay-Makers
We caught up with four of the key people who are instrumental in putting together Hay Festival Dhaka 2014. In between their multi-tasking and coordination across borders, SLR was lucky enough to get a quick word with them.
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Maria Chaudhuri
Maria Chaudhuri was born and raised in Bangladesh. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Vermont. Her essays, features and short stories have been published in various collections, journals and literary magazines. Her first book “Beloved Strangers” (Bloomsbury) is an extraordinary personal account. She lives in Hong Kong.
Mirza Waheed
MirzaWaheed was born and brought upin Kashmir. His debut novel, The Collaborator,was an international bestseller, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlistedfor the Desmond Elliott Prize.It was also bookof the year for Telegraph, New Statesman,Financial Times, Business Standard andthe Telegraph (India), among others.Waheed has written for the BBC, Guardian,Granta, Guernica, Al Jazeera English andthe New York Times.Waheed lives in London.
