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Hanif Kureishi

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Born: 1954
Works: 139

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The black album
EL BUDA DEL SUBURBI
Kureishi Travel
My Son the Fanatic
Res de res

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Type: Group
Origin: Gothenburg
Active from: 2003

Discography

Blame It on El Niño2004
Oh Lord Jesus Christ Baby2006

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Hanif Kureshi (Bromley, Londen, 5 december 1954) is een Engelse roman- en toneelschrijver en filmer van gedeeltelijk Pakistaanse afkomst. In zijn werk komen onder andere de thema's ras, nationalisme, immigratie en seksualiteit aan de orde. In 2008 nam The Times Kureishi op in haar lijst met de vijftig grootste Engelstalige schrijvers sinds 1945.

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Hanif Kureishi CBE (born December 5, 1954) is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality. In 2008, The Times named Kureishi in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hanif+Kureishi">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,505x
Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2022 · cited 4,109x
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 2,988x
The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori
· 1997 · cited 2,816x
Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 2,344x

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Quotes

“They gave us the language but it is only we who know how to use it”

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Born: ( 1954-12-05 ) 5 December 1954 (age 71) , Bromley, Kent , England
Occupation: Playwright, screenwriter, novelist
Education: Bromley College of Technology
Alma mater: King's College London
Period: 1976–present
Literary movement: Postcolonial literature
Notable works: My Beautiful Laundrette , The Buddha of Suburbia

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Official website: www.hanifkureishi.com
Image: Hanif Kureishi.jpg

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Commons category: Hanif Kureishi
date of birth: 1954-12-05
start of work period: 1976-00-00
social media followers: 71114

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