Director Hanif Kureishi To Screen Film And Deliver Lecture, Nov. 7
Oct. 26, 2000
University Park, Pa. -- British writer and film-maker, Hanif Kureishi, who won an Oscar nomination for his film, My Beautiful Laundrette, will speak about his work and introduce the film My Son the Fanatic at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7, in Pattee Library’s Foster Auditorium.

My Son the Fanatic is based on a short-story from Kureishiís collection, Love in a Blue Time. After the screening of My Son the Fanatic, Kureishi will discuss the film with the audience and also sign books.

Hanif Kureishi is recognized as one of the most talented and provocative voices in British writing today. In 1981, Kureishi won the George Devine Award for his play, Outskirts, and the following year, he was appointed Writer in Residence at the Royal Court Theatre. In 1984, he wrote the screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette, which received an Oscar nomination as well as the New York Film Critics Best Screenplay Award.

His second film, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, was followed by London Kills Me, which he also directed. Kureishi's debut novel, The Buddha of Suburbia, won the Whitbread Prize for the best first novel in 1990 and was made into a four-part drama series by the BBC. His version of Brecht's Mother Courage has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and by the Royal National Theatre. His second novel, The Black Album, was published in 1995. With Jon Savage he edited The Faber Book of Pop (1995).

His first collection of short stories, Love in a Blue Time, was published in 1997. The following year saw the publication of Kureishi's third novel, Intimacy. Last year saw the production of Kureishi's play Sleep With Me at the Royal National Theatre as well as the publication in the U.K. of his second collection of short stories, Midnight All Day. His short story My Son the Fanatic was adapted for film and released in 1998 to wide critical acclaim.

This event is sponsored by the College of the Liberal Arts, the English Department, the University Libraries, and the Women's Studies Program.

Contact: Professor Amitava Kumar, English Department, or 863-1724.