Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif (* 1965 in Okara , Pakistan ) is a Pakistani writer and journalist .
life and work
Mohammed Hanif was a pilot in the Pakistani Air Force before embarking on a career as a journalist. In the 1990s he and his family moved to London .
There he directed the BBC's Urdu program , wrote articles for The Guardian and The New York Times . He completed the prestigious Creative Writing Program at the University of East Anglia . He also wrote plays and the screenplay for the film The Long Night ( Raat Chali Hai Jhoom Ke ).
His debut novel A Box of Exploding Mangos , a bitter satire about the mysterious plane crash in which the Pakistani military dictator Mohammed Zia ul-Haq , several of his generals and the US ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel were killed on August 17, 1988 , was already shortly after Appearance nominated for the Booker Prize 2008.
In autumn 2008 Mohammed Hanif returned to Pakistan and works there as a correspondent for the BBC. He lives in Karachi .
Works
- A Case of Exploding Mangoes . Jonathan Cape, London 2008 (German, A box of exploding mangoes , translated by Ursula Gräfe . A1 Verlag , Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-940666-06-2 ).
- Our Lady of Alice Bhatti . Jonathan Cape, London 2011 (German, Alice Bhatti's Ascension , translated by Ursula Gräfe, A1 Verlag, Munich 2012. ISBN 978-3-940666-22-2 ).
- Red Birds . Bloomsbury, London 2018 (German Red Birds , translated by Michael Schickenberg, Hoffmann & Campe 2019. ISBN 978-3-455-00516-5 ).
Prizes and awards
- 2008 Nominated for the Man Booker Prize ( longlist )
- 2008 Nominated for the Guardian First Book Award (Short List)
- 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Best First Book winner
- 2009 Corine - International Book Prize for A Box of Exploding Mangos
Web links
- Literature by and about Mohammed Hanif in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview on the Booker nomination
- German-language article on qantara.de
- Portrait on the website of his German publisher
- Lustful in power . Spiegel-online, July 12, 2009.
- Mohammed Hanif on culturebase.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ What's a former dictator to do when he retires?
- ↑ Pakistan's General Anarchy
- ^ Digital film tells of divided Pakistan
- ↑ Overview of the nominations of the MBP 2008
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hanif, Mohammed |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani author and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Okara , Pakistan |