Isabella Hammad
Isabella Hammad is a British author of Palestinian descent.[1] She was born in London, England[2] and lives in Brooklyn New York, US. She studied at Oxford University and Harvard University.[3]
Awards and honors[]
- 2018, Plimpton Prize for Fiction[2]
- 2019, O. Henry Prize for short story[2]
- 2019, National Book Award, National Book Foundation, "5 Under 35" honoree[2]
- 2019, Palestine Book Award[2][3]
- 2020, Sue Kaufman Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters[2]
- 2020, Betty Trask Award, Society of Authors in the UK[2]
Books[]
The Parisian (Jonathan Cape, 2019)[4][5]
References[]
- ^ Khatib, Joumana (4 April 2019). "A Debut Novelist Explores Her Family's History, and Palestine's" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Isabella Hammad". www.brown.edu. Brown University, Literary Arts Program. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Guardian Staff (13 January 2019). "Meet the hottest-tipped debut novelists of 2019". The Guardian.
- ^ Benfey, Christopher (12 April 2019). "A Novel Whose Hero Is a Man Divided, as Is His Native Palestine" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "The Parisian by Isabella Hammad review – Middlemarch with minarets". The Guardian. 15 April 2019.
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