For those of a similar name, see Mohammad Hanif.

Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964) is a British-Pakistani writer and journalist.[2] His work has been published by The New York Times,[3][4] The Daily Telegraph,[5] The New Yorker[6] and The Washington Post. Hanif worked as a correspondent for the BBC News based in Karachi and was the writer of a feature film about the city, The Long Night.[7][8][9] Hanif has written two novels, A Case of Exploding Mangoes.[10] and Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, as well as a play, The Dictator's Wife, which was staged at the Hampstead Theatre.[11]

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.[12] He initially worked for Newsline and wrote for The Washington Post and India Today. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia.[13] In 1996, he moved to London to work for the BBC. Later, he became the head of the BBC's Urdu service in London.[13] He moved back to Pakistan in 2008.[14]

Works

His first novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award[15] and longlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[16] It won the 2009 Commonwealth Book Prize in the Best First Book category[17] and the 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.[18]

Hanif has also written for the stage and screen, including a feature film, The Long Night (2002),[9] 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 the author Salman Rushdie, although Hanif himself disagrees with this assessment. Once, to a question if he had grown up wanting to be a writer like Salman Rushdie, he said that while "[e]verybody of a certain age wanted to write like Rushdie and so did I", he would not want being "hunted around the world."[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

  • The Long Night (Script) (2002)

Novels

Plays

  • What Now, Now That We Are Dead? (radio play)
  • The Dictator's Wife (2008)

Personal life

Hanif is married to the actress Nimra Bucha.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Interview | Mohammed Hanif: 'To write about politics in Pakistan, you have to go abroad'". The Guardian. Interviewed by Claire Armitstead. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Mohammed Hanif". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ Hanif, Mohammed (24 July 2015). "Of Dogs, Faith and Imams". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ Hanif, Mohammed (22 January 2016). "Pakistan's Unnecessary Martyrs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Hay 2012: Freedom of Speech column: Mohammed Hanif". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ^ Hanif, Mohammed (14 November 2013). "Why Pakistan Lionizes Its Tormenters". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Mohammed Hanif: Places in My Heart – CornellCast". CornellCast. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Mohammed Hanif | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Digital film tells of divided Pakistan". BBC News. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Mohammed Hanif". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  11. ^ Usman, Maryam (3 May 2013). "The Dictator's Wife comes to Islamabad Literature Festival". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Author Spotlight: Mohammed Hanif " Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Random House
  13. ^ a b "Mohammed Hanif". Random House.
  14. ^ Hanif, Mohammed (7 August 2009). "Mohammed Hanif on his homecoming to Pakistan". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  15. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (31 October 2008). "Five of the best in line for the Guardian first book award". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  16. ^ Prize Archive 2008, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), The Man Booker Prize website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  17. ^ 2009 Winners, "Past winners". Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012., The Commonwealth Foundation Website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  18. ^ "The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2008 – The Winner", Remembering Shakti Bhatt webpage, 27 January 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  19. ^ "Recent Wave Activity: The Dictator's Wife". Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, The Wave Theatre Website. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  20. ^ Yassin-Kassab, Robin (7 October 2007), "Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif – review". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  21. ^ Williams, Charlotte (15 October 2012). "Random House gets four nods for Wellcome Trust Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  22. ^ Nair, Supriya (21 November 2012). "DSC Prize 2013 shortlist announced". Mint. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  23. ^ "Opera America Page for Bhutto". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  24. ^ Masih, Archana (18 January 2012), "The Mohammed Hanif interview", rediff.com. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  25. ^ "Pakistan Author Mohammed Hanif Returns 'Sitara-e-Imtiaz' After Baloch March Crackdown". The Wire. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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