Tanjil Rashid
Tanjil Rashid is a British journalist, writer, translator, and literary critic. He is the culture editor at The New Statesman magazine, and has written regularly for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, The Literary Review, The Washington Post, previously having worked for the BBC.
Early life
Born to a Bengali Muslim family, Rashid grew up and attended school in East London.
He later attended [...] College at the University of Cambridge, prior to pursuing an international career in journalism and documentary.
Career
Rashid has written for a number of publications, including The Guardian, The Times, The Spectator, and the Literary Review.
He previously worked for the BBC and the Financial Times.
Rashid was a Baillie Gifford Prize judge in 2023.
He is currently the culture editor at the New Statesman.
Selected articles, essays and short stories
- "Why Egypt embraces Edward Albee", The Guardian, 14 April 2012.
- "A Teller of Truths: Ray Bradbury's Middle East Connection", The Millions, 8 June 2012.
- "The Fanatic", adda, Commonwealth Foundation, 17 July 2017.
- "Till the heavens be no more", Prospect, 11 March 2020.
- "The Stations of Life: On 'We Are Pilgrims: Journeys in Search of Ourselves{{'"}}, Los Angeles Review of Books, 7 June 2020.
- "Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra review – a lyrical letter from the new India", The Guardian, 23 February 2022.
- "Partition was not an imperialist plot", UnHerd, 15 August 2022.
- "Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie review – Karachi to London", The Guardian, 23 September 2022.