Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid (born July 23, 1971 in Lahore , Pakistan ) is a Pakistani writer . He lives in London .
Life
Hamid studied economics at the universities of Harvard and Princeton in the USA . He then worked as a management consultant in New York and as a freelance journalist in Lahore.
Works
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Moth smoke . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000, ISBN 0-374-21354-2 .
- Night butterflies . Translated from the English by Thomas Mohr. DTV, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8321-6243-7 .
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist . Hamish Hamilton, 2007, ISBN 0-241-14365-9 .
- The fundamentalist who didn't want to be . Translated from the English by Eike Schönfeld. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-40572-1 .
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia . Riverhead Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59448-729-3 .
- How to get filthy rich in booming Asia . Translated from the English by Eike Schönfeld. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8321-9715-5.
- Discontent and Its Civilizations: Despatches from Lahore . Hamish Hamilton, New York & London 2014, ISBN 978-024-1146-309 .
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Exit West . Hamish Hamilton, 2017, ISBN 978-0-241-97907-5 . (on the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 )
- Exit West . Novel. Transferred by Monika Köpfer. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-8321-9868-8 .
Prizes and awards (selection)
- 2001 : Betty Trask Award for Moth smoke
- 2008 : Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- 2017 : Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction) for Exit West
Web links
Commons : Mohsin Hamid - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Mohsin Hamid in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Mohsin Hamid in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Mohsin Hamid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage of the author (in English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamid, Mohsin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahore , Pakistan |