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Hanif Kureishi

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English writer (born 1954)

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1954 · age 71

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Hanif Kureishi is a British playwright, screenwriter and novelist.

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In their own words 1

Hanif Kureishi

said · 1995

Own words

They gave us the language but it is only we who know how to use it

The Black Album, Uncle Asif, Chapter One, (1995).

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Awards 4

2010PEN Pinter Prize

2008Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

1986National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Hanif 6

Rachel GriffithsAlso in My Son the Fanatic (1997)

Roger MichellAlso in The Mother (2003)

Stephen FrearsAlso in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Frances BarberAlso in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

Susannah HarkerAlso in Intimacy (2001)

Jodie WhittakerAlso in Venus (2006)

About this person

Country

United Kingdom

Category

Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

living

Dates

Born 1954 · age 71

Wikipedia

28 languages

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