Hanif Kureishi Biography (1954?-)

Surname is pronounced "koor-ee-shee"; born December 5, 1954 (one source says1956), in Bromley, Kent, England (some sources say London, England); son of Rafiushan Kureishi (a civil servant and political journalist) and Audrey Buss;married Tracey Scoffield (a book editor; marriage ended) children: (first marriage) twin sons; (with Monique Proudlove) Kier. Addresses: Agent: Lemon & Durbridge Ltd., 24 Pottery Lane, London W11 4LZ, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, director
Birth Details: December 5, 1954?; Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, London Kills Me, Fine Line, 1991
Television Appearances
Black and White in Color, 1992
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
Soaking Up the Heat, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1976
The Mother Country, Riverside Studios, London, 1980
The King and Me, Soho Poly Theatre, London, 1980
Borderline, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1981, published by Methuen (London) as part of the Royal Court writers series, 1981
Cinders (adapted from a play by Janusz Glowacki), London, 1981
Outskirts, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Company Warehouse, London, 1981
Tomorrow--Today!, London, 1981
(Translator with David Leveaux) Alexander Ostrovsky, Artists and Admirers, London, 1982, then City Stage Company, CSC Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1986
Birds of Passage, Royal Court Theatre, 1983, published by Amber Lane Press (Oxford, England), 1983
Outskirts; The King and Me; Tomorrow--Today!, Riverrun Press (NewYork City), 1983
Mother Courage and Her Children (adapted from a play by Bertolt Brecht), Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1984
Sleep with Me, Royal National Theater, London, published by Faber,1999

Screenplays
My Beautiful Laundrette (based on his teleplay), Orion, 1986, published in My Beautiful Laundrette and The Rainbow Sign, Faber and Faber(Boston, MA), 1986; and My Beautiful Laundrette and Other Writings, Faber (London), 1996
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (also known as Sammy and Rosie), Cinecom, 1987, published in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid: The Script and the Diary, Penguin (New York City), 1988
London Kills Me, Fine Line, 1991, published in London Kills Me:Three Screenplays and Four Essays (includes London Kills Me, My Beautiful Laundrette, and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid), Faber, 1991, Penguin, 1992
My Son the Fanatic (based on his novel), Zephyr Films, 1997
Mauvaise passe (also known as The Escort and The Wrong Blonde), 1999
Intimacy (also known as Intimite; based on his novel), Empire Pictures, 2000
Television Movies
My Beautiful Laundrette, Channel Four Television, 1985
Television Miniseries
The Buddha of Suburbia (based on his novel), BBC, 1993
Radio Plays
You Can't Go Home, 1980
The Trial (from a novel by Franz Kafka), 1982
Novels
The Buddha of Suburbia, Viking (New York City), 1990
The Black Album, Scribner (New York City), 1995
My Son the Fanatic, 1997
Intimacy, Scribner, 1999
Midnight All Day, Faber, 1999
Gabriel's Gift, 2001
Short Fiction
Love in a Blue Time (also known as Love in a Blue Time: Short Stories), Scribner, 1997
Nonfiction
(Editor with Jon Savage) The Faber Book of Pop, Faber and Faber, 1995
Author of the novella With Your Tongue Down My Throat, which appeared in Granta. Contributor to magazines, including Atlantic, Harper's, London Review of Books, and New Statesman; wroteadditional material under various pseudonyms, including Antonia French.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Dramatists, 6th ed., St. James Press, 1999
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 64, Gale, 1991, pp. 245-255
Contemporary Novelists, 7th ed., St. James Press, 2001

Periodicals

Box Office, June, 1986, p. 64
British Book News, February, 1984
Chicago Tribune, April 16, 1986
Chicago Tribune Book World, April 6, 1986, p. 26
Drama, April, 1980
Economist, July 21, 1990, p. 92
Film Comment, December, 1985, p. 76; October, 1986, p. 50
Hollywood Reporter, March 21, 1988
Interview, July, 1987, p. 94; April, 1990, p. 138
Library Journal, May 1, 1992
Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1986; October 12, 1987; October 30, 1987; May 25, 1990, p. E1
Los Angeles Times Book Review, May 18, 1986; June 3, 1990, pp. 3,10
New Republic, April 7, 1986, p. 24; August 20, 1990, pp. 34-36
New Statesman, February 21, 1986; January 29, 1988, p. 26; March 30, 1990; December 13, 1991, p. 30
New Yorker, November 16, 1987, pp. 140-141; August 21-28, pp. 118-120
New York Times, January 5, 1986; March 7, 1986; March 16, 1986; December 26, 1986; October 16, 1987; October 30, 1987; November 8, 1987, p. 25;May 15, 1990; May 24, 1990, p. C17
New York Times Book Review, May 4, 1986, p. 26; May 6, 1990, p. 20
Observer (London), April 19, 1981, p. 34
Sight and Sound, winter, 1987-88
Time, March 17, 1986, p. 78
Times (London), November 15, 1985; January 21, 1988; April 5, 1990
Times Literary Supplement, May 2, 1986, p. 470; January 22, 1988,p. 87
Washington Post, December 23, 1987; December 25, 1987; July 24, 1990
Washington Post Book Review, May 27, 1990, p. 7

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