Hasan Namir
Hasan Namir | |
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| Born | 1987 Iraq |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | fiction |
| Notable works | God 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]
References
- ^ "Being gay in a treacherous Iraq". Bay Area Reporter, November 4, 2015.
- ^ "Awards: Three Canadians win Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, June 7, 2016.
- ^ "Hasan Namir on God In Pink, His Gay Muslim Novel Set In Iraq". Out, December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Hasan Namir". Ryerson University Library and Archives.
- ^ "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.
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