Biography
Jonas Hassen Khemiri (born 27 December 1978) is a Swedish writer. He is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of essays, short stories and plays. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. He has received the August Prize for fiction and a Village Voice Obie Award for best script. In 2017 he became the first Swedish writer to have a short story published in the New Yorker. Khemiri's novel The Family Clause (FSG) was awarded the French Prix Médicis and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Khemiri moved to New York in 2021 for a Cullman Fellowship at The New York Public Library and currently teaches in the Creative Writing program at NYU. In 2023 he was a Ben Belitt Distinguished Visiting Writer at Bennington College.
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1978-12-27 (45 years old)
Birth PlaceStockholm, Sweden
SiblingsHamadi Khemiri
CitizenshipsSweden
AwardsAuthor of the Year, Sveriges Radio's Novel Prize, Sveriges Radio's Short Story Prize, Aniara Award, Per Olov Enquist Prize, August Prize
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