Hasan Namir

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Hasan Namir
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Born1987
Iraq
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Genrefiction
Notable worksGod in Pink

Hasan Namir (born 1987) is an Iraqi-Canadian writer,[1] whose debut novel God in Pink won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 28th Lambda Literary Awards.[2]

Born in Iraq in 1987, Namir moved to Canada with his family at age 11.[3] He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4] God in Pink, a novel about a gay man living in Baghdad during the Iraq War, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2015.[5] In 2019 he was named one of "19 Canadian writers to watch in 2019" by the CBC.[6]

His poetry book War / Torn was released on April 10, 2019,[7] and was shortlisted for a Stonewall Book Award in 2020.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Being gay in a treacherous Iraq". Bay Area Reporter, November 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Awards: Three Canadians win Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, June 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Hasan Namir on God In Pink, His Gay Muslim Novel Set In Iraq". Out, December 17, 2015.
  4. ^ "Hasan Namir". Ryerson University Library and Archives.
  5. ^ "Review: Under the Udala Trees, God in Pink and Dirty River offer different ways of being queer in the face of a single story". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2015.
  6. ^ CBC Books (July 1, 2019). "19 Canadian writers to watch in 2019". CBC. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Stonewall Book Awards List". American Library Association. Retrieved October 23, 2020.



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