Mohammed Hanif

Mohammed Hanif (born 1965 in Okara, Pakistan ) is a Pakistani writer and journalist.

Life and work

Mohammed Hanif was pilot of the Pakistan Air Force before embarking on a career as a journalist. In the nineties, he moved with his family to London.

There he led the Urdu program of the BBC, wrote articles for The Guardian and The New York Times. He graduated from the prestigious Creative Writing Program of the University of East Anglia. He has also written plays and the screenplay for the film The Long Night ( Raat Chali Hai Jhoom Ke ).

His debut novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes, a bitter satire of the mysterious plane crash that on August 17, 1988, the Pakistani military dictator Mohammed Zia ul- Haq, several of his generals and the U.S. ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel died, was shortly after show for the Booker Prize nominated.

In autumn 2008, Mohammed Hanif returned to Pakistan, where he works as a correspondent for the BBC. He lives in Karachi.

Works

  • A Case of Exploding Mangoes. Jonathan Cape, London 2008 ( German, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, translated by Ursula Grafe. A1 Verlag, Munich, 2009. ISBN 978-3-940666-06-2 ).
  • Our Lady of Alice Bhatti. Jonathan Cape, London 2011 (German, Alice Bhatti Ascension, translated by Ursula Grafe, A1 Verlag, Munich, 2012. ISBN 978-3-940666-22-2 ).

Prizes and awards

  • 2008 Nominated for the Man Booker Prize ( longlist )
  • 2008 Nominated for the Guardian First Book Award ( shortlist )
  • 2009 Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Best First Book
  • Corine 2009 - International Book Award for A Case of Exploding Mangoes
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