Jonas Hassen Khemiri ( Swede. Jonas Hassen Khemiri , December 27, 1978 , Stockholm ) - Swedish writer.
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| Jonas Hassen Khemiri | |
 Yunas Hassen Khemiri, 2010 | |
| Birth name | Jonas Hassen Per Younes Khemiri |
| Date of Birth | December 27, 1978 (40 years) |
| Place of Birth | Stockholm |
| Citizenship |  Sweden |
| Occupation | , , , |
| Genre | romance, drama |
| Language of Works | Swedish |
| Awards | Ibsen Prize, 2011 ; Aniara Prize, 2013 |
| Awards | [d] ( 2006 ) [d] ( 2013 ) [d] ( 2015 ) August Prize ( 2015 ) Q10470085 ? ( 2011 ) |
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Biography
Father - from Tunisia , mother - Swede, the family spoke Swedish, Arabic and French. He studied literature in Stockholm, the world economy in Paris . As a writer debuted in 2003 , his novel On the red eye received positive reviews from critics, was sold in the amount of 200 thousand copies, dramatized, screened ( 2007 [1] , translated into several languages.
In 2013, Khemiri published an open letter to Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask about ethnic and racial prejudices in Swedish society [2] in the largest Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter [3] [ 3] [4] .
The younger brother of the writer is the actor Hamadi Khemiri (born 1984).
Works
- On the red eye / Ett öga rött ( 2003 , novel)
- Montecore: Unique Tiger / Montecore: en unik tiger ( 2006 , novel; Swedish Radio Award, nomination for the Strindberg Prize)
- Invasion! / Invasion! ( 2008 , stories and plays; the title play was staged in Germany, Great Britain, France, Norway)
- Så som du hade berättat det för mig (ungefär) om vi hade lärt känna varandra innan du dog ( 2011 , text for the exhibition catalog Studies of a Dog )
- Jag ringer mina bröder ( 2012 , piece)
Recognition
- Enquist Prize 2006
- Stockholm City Magazine Prize 2006
- Ibsen Prize 2011
- Aniara 2013 Award
- August Prize 2015