Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi CBE ( born December 5, 1954 in Bromley, Kent ) is a British writer. He is the author of novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and essays. He also worked as a director.

Life

Hanif Kureishi was born in 1954 in the British county of Kent, the son of a Pakistani and an Englishwoman. Here he grew up and in 1965 his birthplace was incorporated into Greater London. In 1981 he won with his play Outskirts the George Devine Award, a year later he was appointed at London's Royal Court Theatre to the city clerk. Kureishi was published in 1990 his first novel, The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel and highly positive reviews ( inter alia, by Salman Rushdie ) showered, also broadcast by the BBC in 1993 as a four-part series. It was followed by the three films My Beautiful Laundrette ( " My Beautiful Laundrette ", 1984), with Daniel Day -Lewis, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ( " Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ", 1987) and London Kills Me ( " London creates all " 1991) with Fiona Shaw. My Beautiful Laundrette was nominated for an Oscar.

Kureishi has three children and is married. In 2009 he was appointed to the jury of the 62nd International Film Festival of Cannes.

Works

• 2005 The Word and the Bomb. Collection of essays and excerpts from earlier works written or compiled on the occasion of the terrorist attacks on 7 July 2005 in London
• 2008 Something to tell you. Novel. German: I 'll tell you

Filmography

Screenplay

Based Upon

• 2001: Intimacy - Directed by: Patrice Chéreau; 2001 award for best film at the Berlinale