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| Katy Gardner FBA | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) |
| Occupation | Author, Anthropologist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University, London School of Economics |
| Notable works | Losing Gemma |
Katy Gardner FBA (born 1964) is a British author and anthropologist, best known for her novel Losing Gemma, which was turned into a two-part miniseries for ITV1 in 2006.
Gardner is a graduate of Cambridge University who undertook her doctoral research at the London School of Economics. As well as being the author of four novels, she was for some years a Professor of Social Anthropology at Sussex University.
In 2013, Gardner returned to the LSE as a Professor of Anthropology. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2024.
Bibliography
- Songs at the River's Edge: Stories from a Bangladeshi Village (1991)
- Global Migrants, Local Lives: Travel and Transformation in Rural Bangladesh (2001)
- Losing Gemma (2002)
- Age, narrative and migration: the life course and life histories of Bengali elders in London (2002)
- The Mermaid's Purse (2003)
- Keefer's Rules (2006)
- Hidden (2006)
- Faker (2008)
- Discordant Development: Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh (2012)
References
- Sussex Anthropologist, 4:1, Autumn 2013,p.1
- "Professor Katy Gardner", LSE Anthropology
- "The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024". The British Academy. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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