Monica Ali

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Brick_Lane_(film)
gptkbp:artMovement gptkb:David_Godwin_Associates
Postcolonial literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Whitbread_Book_Awards
gptkbp:birthDate 1967-10-20
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Dhaka
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Exploration of multiculturalism
gptkbp:debutYear gptkb:Brick_Lane
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Sussex
gptkbp:firstPublished 1999
gptkbp:followedBy Alif the Unseen
gptkbp:futurePlans Love_Marriage
gptkbp:genre Fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Monica Ali
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Margaret_Atwood
gptkb:Zadie_Smith
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
gptkb:Jhumpa_Lahiri
Toni Morrison
Kiran Desai
gptkbp:inspiredBy Her own experiences
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent Anthologies
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Orange_Prize_for_Fiction
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:BBC_Radio_4
Social justice
Feminism
Literary festivals
Racial identity
Cultural commentary
Gender roles
Class disparity
The_Guardian_articles
gptkbp:notableOperations The_Story_of_My_Life
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Brick_Lane
gptkbp:occupation Novelist
gptkbp:parent Bangladeshi_immigrants
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jason_Hughes
gptkbp:theme Identity
Immigration
Belonging
Family dynamics
Cultural conflict
gptkbp:website monicaali.com
gptkbp:wrote Realism