Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Swedish writer (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jonas Hassen Khemiri (born 27 December 1978) is a Swedish writer.[1] He is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of essays, short stories and plays.[2] His work has been translated into more than 25 languages.[3] He has received the August Prize for fiction[4] and a Village Voice Obie Award for best script.[1] In 2017 he became the first Swedish writer to have a short story published in the New Yorker.[5] Khemiri's novel The Family Clause (FSG) was awarded the French Prix Médicis[6] and was a finalist for the National Book Award.[7] Khemiri moved to New York in 2021 for a Cullman Fellowship[8] at The New York Public Library and currently teaches in the Creative Writing program at NYU.[9] In 2023 he was a Ben Belitt Distinguished Visiting Writer at Bennington College.[10]
Jonas Hassen Khemiri | |
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Born | (1978-12-27) 27 December 1978 (age 45) Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 2003–present |
Notable works | Ett öga rött (2003) Montecore (2006) I Call My Brothers (2012) Everything I Don't Remember (2015) |
Notable awards | Village Voice Obie Award (2011) August Prize (2015) Prix Médicis étranger (2021) |
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