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Hanif Kureishi CBE (born 5 December 1954) is a British Pakistani playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and novelist. He is known for his novels My Beautiful Laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia . Early life and education.
Hanif Kureishi was born in Kent and read philosophy at King’s College, London. In 1981 he won the George Devine Award for his plays Outskirts and Borderline and the following year became writer in residence at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Dec 26, 2023 · Novelist Hanif Kureishi sustained life-changing injuries when he collapsed and landed on his head on Boxing Day last year. Left without the use of his arms and legs, the award-winning writer of...
Apr 29, 2024 · Hanif Kureishi sustained life-changing injuries when he collapsed and landed on his head in December 2022. For novelist Hanif Kureishi, growing up in the 1970s was all about hope and optimism -...
Jan 6, 2023 · The Buddha of Suburbia and My Beautiful Launderette writer Hanif Kureishi has said he collapsed in Rome last month and now cannot move his arms or legs. The Oscar-nominated scriptwriter and...
Hanif Kureishi is the author of novels (including The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album and Intimacy), story collections (Love in a Blue Time, Midnight All Day, The Body), plays (including Outskirts, Borderline and Sleep With Me), and screenplays (including My Beautiful Laundrette, My Son the Fanatic and Venus).
Feb 16, 2024 · After spending a year in hospitals – in Italy and the UK – Kureishi, 69, returned to his home in west London last December. “I’m all the better for being finally at home,” he says simply from his...
