Mohammed Hanif
British Pakistani writer and journalist (born 1965) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964) is a British-Pakistani writer and journalist.[2] His work has been published by The New York Times,[3][4] The Daily Telegraph,[5] The New Yorker[6] and The Washington Post. Hanif worked as a correspondent for the BBC News based in Karachi and was the writer of a feature film about the city, The Long Night.[7][8][9] Hanif has written two novels, A Case of Exploding Mangoes.[10] and Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, as well as a play, The Dictator's Wife, which was staged at the Hampstead Theatre.[11]
Mohammed Hanif | |
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Hanif Mohammed Koeln | |
| Born | November 1964 Okara, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
| Nationality | Pakistan United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia, Pakistan Air Force Academy |
| Period | 2008–present |
| Notable works | A Case of Exploding Mangoes |
| Notable awards | Wellcome Book Prize, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Commonwealth Prize for Best Book |
| Spouse | Nimra Bucha[1] |
Life
He was born in Okara, Punjab. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism.[12] He initially worked for Newsline and wrote for The Washington Post and India Today. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia.[13] In 1996, he moved to London to work for the BBC. Later, he became the head of the BBC's Urdu service in London.[13] He moved back to Pakistan in 2008.[14]
Works
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Perspective
His first novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award[15] and longlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[16] It won the 2009 Commonwealth Book Prize in the Best First Book category[17] and the 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.[18]
Hanif has also written for the stage and screen, including a feature film, The Long Night (2002),[9] a BBC radio play, What Now, Now That We Are Dead?, and the stage play The Dictator's Wife (2008).[19] His second novel, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, was published in 2011.[20] It was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize (2012),[21] and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013).[22]
He is currently collaborating with composer Mohammed Fairouz on an opera titled Bhutto.[23]
In 2018, he wrote a novel called Red Birds.
Hanif's style has often been compared with that of the author Salman Rushdie, although Hanif himself disagrees with this assessment. Once, to a question if he had grown up wanting to be a writer like Salman Rushdie, he said that while "[e]verybody of a certain age wanted to write like Rushdie and so did I", he would not want being "hunted around the world."[24]
Award Return
In opposition to Pakistan's ongoing persecution of the Baloch people and police crackdown during a protest march in Islamabad on December 20, 2023, Mohammed Hanif has returned his "Sitara-e-Imtiaz" award.[25]
Bibliography
Films
- The Long Night (Script) (2002)
Novels
- A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008)
- Our Lady of Alice Bhatti (2011)
- The Baloch who is not missing and others who are (2013)
- Red Birds (2018)
Plays
- What Now, Now That We Are Dead? (radio play)
- The Dictator's Wife (2008)
Personal life
Hanif is married to the actress Nimra Bucha.[1]
References
External links
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