Mohammed Hanif Explained

Mohammed Hanif
Birth Date:November 1964
Birth Place:Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation:Writer, journalist
Nationality:
Spouse:Nimra Bucha
Alma Mater:University of East Anglia, Pakistan Air Force Academy
Period:2008–present
Notableworks:A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Awards:Wellcome Book Prize, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Commonwealth Prize for Best Book

Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964) is a British Pakistani writer and journalist who writes a monthly opinion piece in The New York Times.[1]

Hanif is the author of the critically acclaimed book A Case of Exploding Mangoes, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and won the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book.[2] His second book, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, won the Wellcome Book Prize. He also worked as a correspondent for the BBC News based in Karachi and was the writer of an acclaimed feature film about the city, The Long Night.[3] [4] [5] His work has been published by The New York Times,[6] [7] The Daily Telegraph,[8] The New Yorker[9] and The Washington Post. His play The Dictator's Wife has been staged at the Hampstead Theatre.[10]

Life

He was born in Okara, Punjab. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism.[11] He initially worked for Newsline and wrote for The Washington Post and India Today. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia.[12] In 1996, he moved to London to work for the BBC. Later, he became the head of the BBC's Urdu service in London.[12] He moved back to Pakistan in 2008.[13]

Works

His first novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award[14] and longlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[15] It won the 2009 Commonwealth Book Prize in the Best First Book category[16] and the 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.[17]

Hanif has also written for the stage and screen, including a feature film, The Long Night (2002),[18] a BBC radio play, What Now, Now That We Are Dead?, and the stage play The Dictator's Wife (2008).[19] His second novel, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, was published in 2011.[20] It was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize (2012),[21] and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013).[22]

He is currently collaborating with composer Mohammed Fairouz on an opera titled Bhutto.[23]

In 2018, he wrote a novel called Red Birds.

Hanif's style has often been compared with that of author Salman Rushdie, although Hanif himself disagrees with this assessment. Even though he says that he enjoys reading Rushdie's books, he would not want to suffer the same fate as Rushdie did.[24]

Award Return

In opposition to Pakistan's ongoing persecution of the Baloch people and police crackdown during a protest march in Islamabad on December 20, 2023, Mohammed Hanif has returned his "Sitara-e-Imtiaz" award.[25]

Bibliography

Films

Novels

Plays

Personal life

Hanif is married to the actress Nimra Bucha.[26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Mohammed Hanif. The New York Times . 2017-02-14.
  2. Web site: Mohammed Hanif. the Guardian. 2016-02-11.
  3. Web site: Mohammed Hanif: Places in My Heart – CornellCast. CornellCast. 2016-02-11.
  4. Web site: Mohammed Hanif Penguin Random House. PenguinRandomhouse.com. 2016-02-11.
  5. News: 2002-07-02. Digital film tells of divided Pakistan. en-GB. 2021-03-22.
  6. News: Of Dogs, Faith and Imams. The New York Times. 2015-07-24. 2016-02-11. 0362-4331. Mohammed. Hanif.
  7. News: Pakistan's Unnecessary Martyrs. The New York Times. 2016-01-22. 2016-02-11. 0362-4331. Mohammed. Hanif.
  8. Web site: Hay 2012: Freedom of Speech column: Mohammed Hanif. Telegraph.co.uk. 2016-02-11.
  9. News: Why Pakistan Lionizes Its Tormenters. The New Yorker. 2013-11-14. 2016-02-11. 0028-792X. Mohammed. Hanif.
  10. Web site: The Dictator's Wife comes to Islamabad Literature Festival – The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune. 3 May 2013 . 2016-02-11. en-US.
  11. http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=78707 "Author Spotlight: Mohammed Hanif "
  12. Web site: Mohammed Hanif . Random House.
  13. News: Mohammed Hanif on his homecoming to Pakistan. The Guardian. London . 7 August 2009 . 13 May 2010.
  14. News: Five of the best in line for the Guardian first book award. 31 October 2008. The Guardian. Higgins, Charlotte. 15 March 2009 . London.
  15. Prize Archive 2008, Web site: Archived copy . 2012-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111121142243/http://themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive/40 . 21 November 2011 . dmy-all ., The Man Booker Prize website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  16. 2009 Winners, Web site: Past winners . 2012-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104124625/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/Howwedeliver/Prizes/CommonwealthBookPrize/Pastwinners . 4 January 2012 . dmy-all ., The Commonwealth Foundation Website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  17. 'The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2008 – The Winner', http://forshakti.blogspot.com/2009/01/shakti-bhatt-first-book-2008-winner.html, Remembering Shakti Bhatt webpage http://forshakti.blogspot.com/, 27 January 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012
  18. 'Digital film tells of divided Pakistan', http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2083932.stm. BBC News website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  19. 'Recent Wave Activity: The Dictator's Wife', http://www.wavetheatre.co.uk/recent.php#dictator, The Wave Theatre Website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  20. Yassin-Kassab, Robin (7 October 2007), 'Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif – review', https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/07/alice-bhatti-mohammed-hanif-review. London: The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  21. Web site: Random House gets four nods for Wellcome Trust Book Prize . The Bookseller . Charlotte Williams . 15 October 2012 . 9 November 2012.
  22. Web site: DSC Prize 2013 shortlist announced . . Supriya Nair . 21 November 2012 . 21 November 2012.
  23. Web site: Opera America Page for Bhutto . 28 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123417/http://conference.operaamerica.org/news/2015/0313.aspx . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  24. http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-rushdie-wouldnt-want-being-hunted-around-the-world/20120119.htm
  25. Web site: Pakistan Author Mohammed Hanif Returns 'Sitara-e-Imtiaz' After Baloch March Crackdown . 2023-12-28 . The Wire.
  26. Web site: Mohammed Hanif: 'To write about politics in Pakistan, you have to go abroad'. The Guardian. 19 October 2018. 4 March 2022.

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