Biographie de Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi grew up in Kent and studied philosophy at King's College, London. His novels include The Black Album, Intimacy and Something to Tell You. His screenplays include My Beautiful Laundrette, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, The Mother, Venus, which was directed by Roger Michell in 2006, and Le Week-End in 2013. He has also published several collections of short stories.
He has been awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the PEN/Pinter Prize, and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His work has been translated into thirty-six languages. He is professor of Creative Writing at Kingston University.