Tanwi Nandini Islam Explained

Tanaïs
Birth Name:Tanwi Nandini Islam
Birth Date:5 October 1982
Birth Place:Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:Writer, perfumer
Education:Vassar College (BA)
Brooklyn College (MFA)

Tanaïs (Tanwi Nandini Islam) is an American fiction writer and perfumer. They are the founder of the Brooklyn-based beauty and fragrance company TANAÏS.[1] They are of Bangladeshi descent.

Born in Illinois, they spent their childhood in various cities such as Houston, Columbia, and St. Louis, before settling in Brooklyn.[2] [3] They received a BA in women's studies with a focus on performance art and Asian American studies at Vassar College and a MFA in creative writing at Brooklyn College.

Career

Tanaïs first worked in New York City as a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization based in Bushwick, Brooklyn to empower working class communities.[4] Later in 2006 in New Delhi, India through the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service, they started writing their first draft of their debut novel Bright Lines. The novel was named finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize,[5] and the Edmund White Award for debut fiction.

While writing Bright Lines, Tanaïs grew interested in olfaction and started their own botanically-based perfume and candle line Hi Wildflower Botanica.[6]

Tanaïs's 2022 memoir, In Sensorium, won the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction.[7]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tanwi Nandini Islam Is Crafting 'Bright Lines' and 'Beautifully Universal' Scents . nbcnews.com . 2016-07-11 . 2018-05-12 . 2018-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152824/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/tanwi-nandini-islam-crafting-bright-lines-beautifully-universal-scents-n600656 . live .
  2. Web site: Not the Usual South Asian Muslim Suspects. www.lareviewofbooks.org/. 26 February 2016. en-US. 2018-05-12. 2018-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011453/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/not-the-usual-south-asian-muslim-suspects/. live.
  3. Web site: From Bangladesh to Brooklyn: Tanwi Nandini Islam's 'Bright Lines'. wnyc.org. 2015-09-15. 2018-05-12. 2016-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160731125013/http://www.wnyc.org/story/bangladesh-brooklyn-tanwi-nadini-islams-bright-lines/. live.
  4. Web site: Two Bangladeshi Entrepreneurs, a Generation Apart. www.nycitylens.com/. en-US. 2018-05-12. 2018-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011259/http://nycitylens.com/2015/10/two-bengladeshi-entrepreneurs-a-generation-apart/. live.
  5. Web site: Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize Shortlists Announced. www.bklynlibrary.org/. 30 August 2016. en-US. 2018-05-12. 2018-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081133/https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-eagles-literary-0. live.
  6. Web site: Get To Know New York-based Author Tanwi Nandini Islam. www.nylon.com/. 19 December 2016 . en-US. 2018-05-12. 2018-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081256/https://nylon.com/articles/tanwi-nandini-islam-interview-nylon-december-january-2017. live.
  7. News: Hernan Diaz, Tanaïs among winners of $50,000 Kirkus Prize . AP News . 28 October 2022 . en . 28 October 2022 . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028082319/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-fiction-nonfiction-e93d25d33dd90a321a9a9b357185d3a6 . live .

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