Kamran Nazeer

Emran Mian CB OBE (born 1978), who writes under the pen name Kamran Nazeer, is a British Pakistani author and civil servant.[1][2]

Life and career

Nazeer was born as Emran Mian in Glasgow, and was diagnosed with autism at the age of four.[3] He studied law in Glasgow, but after 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.[4][5] He now lives in London with his French wife. He is currently director-general of regeneration in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

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.[6]

Awards and nominations

Mian was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours[7] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to regeneration.[8]

In January 2014, Mian was nominated for the Civil Servant of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[9]

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

  1. "Nazeer, Kamran". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "Autistes : Quels métiers pour améliorer leur insertion professionnelle ?". Lesechos.fr. 16 March 2017.
  3. Yow, Ann E. (14 April 2006). ""Send In the Idiots": Bonded by autism — a class reunion". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
  4. Ree, Jonathan (24 August 2006). "Send in the Idiots, by Kamran Nazeer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007.
  5. "Kamran Nazeer". Bloomsberg.com.
  6. "Articles written by Kamran Nazeer". Prospect-magazine.co.uk.
  7. "Queen's birthday honours list: OBE". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2011.
  8. "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B3.
  9. "British Muslim Awards 2014 winners". Asian Image. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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