Background
Kureishi, Hanif was born on December 5, 1954 in Bromley, Kent, England. Son of Rafiushan Kureishi and Audrey Buss.
(This title contains a collection of the screenplays writt...)
This title contains a collection of the screenplays written by Hanif Kureishi. The plays include, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, London Kills Me and My Son the Fanatic.
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Kureishi, Hanif was born on December 5, 1954 in Bromley, Kent, England. Son of Rafiushan Kureishi and Audrey Buss.
Bachelor, King's College, London.
Worked as typist at Riverside Studios. Writer-in-residence, Royal Court Theatre, London 1981. Works for theatre include Birds of Passage (Hampstead), Outskirts (RSC), B.
(In 1981 Hanif Kureishi was voted the Most Promising Playw...)
(In 1981 Hanif Kureishi was voted the Most Promising Playw...)
(In 1981 Hanif Kureishi was voted the Most Promising Playw...)
(This title contains a collection of the screenplays writt...)
Author: (plays) Soaking Up the Heat, 1976, The Mother Country, 1980 (Thames television Playwright award 1980), The King and Me, 1980, Borderline, 1981, Outskirts, 1981 (George Devine award 1981), Tomorrow-Today!, 1981, Birds of Passage, 1983, (radio plays) You Can't Go Home, 1980, (novels) The Buddha of Suburbia, 1990 (Whitbread prize 1990), With Your Tongue Down My Throat, The Black Album, 1995. Adaptor: (plays) Cinders, 1981, Mother Courage and Her Children, 1984, (radio plays) The Trial, 1982. Translator: (plays) Alexander Ostrovsky's Artists and Admirers, 1982.Screenwriter: (films) My Beautiful Laundrette, 1985 (Rotterdam Festival most popular film award 1986, New York Film Critics Circle award best screenplay 1986, National Society of Film Critics award best screenplay 1986, Academy award nomination best original screenplay 1986), Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, 1987, (teleplays) The Buddha of Suburbia, 1993. Screenwriter, director: (films) London Kills Me, 1992. Contributor short stories to Granta, Harper's, London Review of Books, Atlantic.
Cricket, jazz.