Mohsin Hamid

David Waterman (Université de La Rochelle)

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born 1971
Activity 2000-ongoing

Places

Born in Pakistan
Active in Pakistan; United Kingdom

Cultural Identities

British Asian

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Novelist

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Hamid's Works

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Mohsin Hamid was born on 23 July 1971, in Lahore, Pakistan, and spent much of his early childhood in the United States while his father was doing his PhD at Stanford University. The family moved back to Lahore in 1980 and Hamid was educated at the Lahore American School. Later returning to the USA to continue higher education, Hamid graduated from Princeton University, where his creative writing teachers included Joyce Carol Oates and Toni Morrison. He joined Harvard Law School and, after graduating from there, he spent several years working as a management consultant in New York, moved to London in 2001, then back to Pakistan in 2009.

Hamid is the author of four novels – Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West. Hamid is also known

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Citation: Waterman, David. "Mohsin Hamid". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11918, accessed 21 November 2024.]