Tazrian Ashrafi
Entry Year: 2026
Education
M.F.A., in Creative Writing, The University of Wisconsin-Madison,B.A of Social Science, International Relations, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Research Interests
Nationalism
Modernism
Memory
Trauma
British Fiction
Climate Fiction
Awards/Fellowships
Write Beyond Borders, 2021 Fiction Fellow
Global Undergraduate Awards 2022, Longlisted
South Asia Speaks 2023, Fiction Fellow
Publications
"Caste On the Streets: Dhaka's Street Cleaners, Many of them Dalits, Faced a Grim Future Even Before the Pandemic," Himal Southasian, July 2020
"Exploring Public Memory of the 1971 War in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India" The Caravan, April 2021
"The Hippo Girl & Other Stories", Hachette India, 2024
"Camp", Shenandoah Literary Magazine, June 2025
"The Return", Third Coast Literary, Issue 55, August 2025
"Monument, South Carolina Review, Issue 2, Volume 58, January 2026"
