Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi was born on 5 December 1954 in Bromley, south of London, to an English mother and a father from India, an employee of the Pakistani embassy, whose family had settled in Pakistan after the partition. A philosophy graduate of King's College London, he wrote first for the theatre, notably at the Royal Court, then for the cinema: his first screenplay for Stephen Frears was nominated for an Oscar and won the New York critics' award. Since then he has continued between the novel, the stage and the screen.

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• NovelThe Buddha of SuburbiaHanif Kureishi · 1990Literature