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Novelist/screenwriter HANIF KUREISHI (Ha-NEEF Koor-EE-shee)

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Published January 16, 1996 at 10:00 PM MST

2: Novelist/screenwriter HANIF KUREISHI (Ha-NEEF Koor-EE-shee). KUREISHI has been termed by the British press a "literary terrorist" for his works which encompass racist and sexual themes. He wrote the screenplays for "My Beautiful Laundrette," and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid." Both were directed by Stephen Frears. His new novel is "The Black Album," (Scribner). HANIF was born and brought up in south London; his father is Pakistani, his mother English.