Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim wins 2022 Pulitzer prize in Illustrated Reporting, Commentary category

Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim wins 2022 Pulitzer prize in Illustrated Reporting, Commentary category

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Category : Awards Published on: August 25 2022

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Fahmida Azim, an illustrator and author of Bangladeshi origin, has recently won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.
She has been given the honor for decorating an illustrated report titled "How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp", which was published by the Insider website on 28 December, 2021.
Fahmida is only the second person born in Bangladesh to have won the Pulitzer Prize, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in journalism and publishing.
Mohammad Ponir Hossain won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as part of Reuters' photography staff for his pictures of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Earlier this year, she also won the "Golden Kite" award for the book illustration of "Samira Surf".

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