Mohsin Hamid is the author of four novels, Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West, and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations.
His writing has been featured on bestseller lists, adapted for the cinema, twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, selected as winner or finalist of more than twenty-five awards, and translated into over thirty-five languages.
Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California.
His writing has been featured on bestseller lists, adapted for the cinema, twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, selected as winner or finalist of more than twenty-five awards, and translated into over thirty-five languages.
Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California.
| Building: | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) |
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| Event Type: | Other |
| Tags: | Asia, Books, Culture, History, immigration, International, Lecture, Library, Literature, Media, Middle East Studies, Multicultural, Philosophy, Rackham, Sociology, Storytelling, Writing |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program, Institute for the Humanities, Center for South Asian Studies, Zell Visiting Writers Series |
