Mohammed Hanif

For the Afghan Taliban spokesman, see Muhammad Hanif.

Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964 in Okara, Pakistan) is a Pakistani writer and journalist.

Life

He was born in Okara. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism.[1] He initially worked for Newsline and wrote for The Washington Post and India Today. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia.[2] In 1996, he moved to London to work for the BBC. Later, he became the head of the BBC's Urdu service in London.[2] He moved back to Pakistan in 2008.[3]

Works

His first novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award[4] and longlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[5] It won the 2009 Commonwealth Book Prize in the Best First Book category[6] and the 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.[7]

Hanif has also written for the stage and screen, including a feature film, The Long Night (2002),[8] a BBC radio play, What Now, Now That We Are Dead?, and the stage play The Dictator's Wife (2008).[9] His second novel, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, was published in 2011.[10] It was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize (2012),[11] and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013).[12]

He is currently collaborating with composer Mohammed Fairouz on an opera titled Bhutto. [13]

Hanif's style has often been compared with that of author Salman Rushdie. But Hanif disagrees. Even though he says that he enjoys reading Rushdie's books, he would not want to suffer the same fate as Rushdie did.[14]

Bibliography

Films

Novels

Plays

References

  1. ↑ "Author Spotlight: Mohammed Hanif ", Random House
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mohammed Hanif". Random House.
  3. ↑ "Mohammed Hanif on his homecoming to Pakistan". London: The Guardian. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Charlotte (31 October 2008). "Five of the best in line for the Guardian first book award". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Prize Archive 2008, , The Man Booker Prize website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  6. ↑ 2009 Winners, , The Commonwealth Foundation Website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  7. ↑ 'The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2008 – The Winner', , Remembering Shakti Bhatt webpage , 27 January 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012
  8. ↑ 'Digital film tells of divided Pakistan', . BBC News website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  9. ↑ 'Recent Wave Activity: The Dictator's Wife', , The Wave Theatre Website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  10. ↑ Yassin-Kassab, Robin (7 October 2007), 'Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif – review', . London: The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  11. ↑ Charlotte Williams (15 October 2012). "Random House gets four nods for Wellcome Trust Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Supriya Nair (21 November 2012). "DSC Prize 2013 shortlist announced". Mint. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  13. ↑ Opera America Page for Bhutto
  14. ↑ rediffnews Retrieved 26 July 2012.

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