Rumaan Alam | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
| Genre | Thriller, literary fiction |
| Notable works | Leave the World Behind |
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Rumaan Alam (born 1977) [1] is an American writer. [2]
Rumaan Alam | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
| Genre | Thriller, literary fiction |
| Notable works | Leave the World Behind |
| Website | |
| www | |
Rumaan Alam (born 1977) [1] is an American writer. [2]
His parents emigrated from Bangladesh to the United States in the early 1970s. Alam, one of four siblings, was born in 1977 and grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C. His father being an architect and his mother being a paediatrician, he had an upper-middle class lifestyle while growing up in a mostly white area. [3] He studied writing at Oberlin College. [2]
He and his partner adopted two boys. [1]
He is the author of four novels: Leave the World Behind , That Kind of Mother, Rich and Pretty, and Entitlement. He also hosts two podcasts for Slate.
Leave the World Behind was acclaimed by book critics [4] and nominated for the 2020 National Book Award. [5] It was later adapted as a 2023 film for Netflix with the same name. [6] [7] [8]
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