Emran Mian
Dr. Emran Mian OBE (born 1978) is a British Pakistani author and civil servant.
Life and career[]
He also publishes under the pseudonym Kamran Nazeer. Emran was born in Glasgow where he studied law. Deciding not to become a lawyer, he then went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge for his PhD and finally joined the British civil service as a policy adviser in Whitehall.[1][2] He now lives in London with his French wife.
His first book, Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism, was published in March 2006 under his penname.[3] He is also a frequent contributor to Prospect magazine.[4]
Awards and nominations[]
Mian was appointed an OBE in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.[5]
In January 2014, Mian was nominated for the Civil Servant of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[6]
Selected works[]
- Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism, ISBN 1-58234-619-4
- "The Curious Case of Exclusionary Reasons", Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Volume XV, Number 1 (January 2002) pp. 99–124
- "Mandarin intellectuals", Prospect (July 2006)
References[]
- ^ Ree, Jonathan (24 August 2006). "Send in the Idiots, by Kamran Nazeer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007.
- ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury Author Information - Kamran Nazeer".
- ^ Yow, Ann E. (14 April 2006). ""Send In the Idiots": Bonded by autism — a class reunion". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Prospect Magazine. "Articles written by Kamran Nazeer".
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/11/queens-birthday-honours-obe
- ^ "British Muslim Awards 2014 winners". Asian Image. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- British Muslims
- British writers
- Writers of Pakistani descent
- Scottish people of Pakistani descent
- People from Glasgow
- People from Islamabad
- Scottish expatriates in Pakistan
- British writers of Pakistani descent