Tanwi Nandini Islam

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

Tanaïs
Born
Tanwi Nandini Islam

October 5, 1982
Carbondale, Illinois, United States
EducationVassar College (BA)
Brooklyn College (MFA)
OccupationWriter & Perfumer
Websitewww.tanwinandini.com

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]

Works

Books
  • 2015: Bright Lines, Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0143123132
  • 2022: In Sensorium: Notes For My People, Mariner Books, ISBN 978-0358381709

References
  1. "Tanwi Nandini Islam Is Crafting 'Bright Lines' and 'Beautifully Universal' Scents". nbcnews.com. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. "Not the Usual South Asian Muslim Suspects". www.lareviewofbooks.org/. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. "From Bangladesh to Brooklyn: Tanwi Nandini Islam's 'Bright Lines'". wnyc.org. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. "Two Bangladeshi Entrepreneurs, a Generation Apart". www.nycitylens.com/. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. "Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize Shortlists Announced". www.bklynlibrary.org/. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  6. "Get To Know New York-based Author Tanwi Nandini Islam". www.nylon.com/. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
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