Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Jonas Hassen Per Younes Khemiri (born December 27, 1978 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish writer .
Life
Khemiri has a Swedish mother and a Tunisian father. His younger brother Hamadi Khemiri is an actor . Khemiri studied literature and international economics in Stockholm and Paris .
He made his debut as a writer in 2003 with the novel Ett öga rött ( The camel without a hump ). The book was translated into several languages, adapted for the theater and filmed in 2007 . In Stockholm stadsteater Khemiri debut play was invading! Directed by Farnaz Arbabi from March 2006 to late January 2008 . In 2008 Fem gånger Gud was premiered at the “Regionteatern” in Växjö .
In 2006 he was nominated for the August Prize for his novel Montecore - en unik tiger in the fiction category. In 2008 he won the Swedish Radio Novel Prize for his novel Montecore .
From April 2011 to December 2012 his play Vi som är hundra ( We Are Hundred ) was performed for the first time in Germany in the Hamburg Thalia Theater .
Prizes and awards
- 2004 Borås tidnings debutantpris for Ett öga rött
- 2006 Per Olov Enquist Prize
- 2006 Tidningen Vi: s literaturpris
- 2007 Swedish Radio Novel Prize for Montecore
- 2007 scholarship from Gerard Bonniers donation fund
- 2011 Det svenska Ibsensällskapets Ibsenpris
- 2013 Aniara Prize
- 2015 August Prize (in the fiction category) for Allt jag inte minns
- 2015 BMF badge for Allt jag inte minns
- 2019 Signe Ekblad-Eldhs Prize
Works (in German)
- Invasion! Drama. Translated by Jana Hallberg. Rowohlt E-Book, Reinbek 2017 ISBN 9783644904026
- Everything I don't remember Novel. Translated by Susanne Dahmann. [Allt jag inte minns] German publishing house DVA, Munich 2017
- Montecore, a tiger on two legs. Novel. Translated by Susanne Dahmann. Piper, Munich 2007
- The camel without a hump. Novel. Translated by Susanne Dahmann. Piper, Munich 2006
Web links
- Literature by and about Jonas Hassen Khemiri in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jonas Hassen Khemiri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jonas Hassen Khemiri , website
- The camel without a hump , at 54th Nordic Film Days Lübeck
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khemiri, Jonas Hassen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khemiri, Jonas Hassen Per Younes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |