BIOGRAPHY

Jonas Hassen Khemiri, born in Sweden in 1978, is the author of two novels and one collection of plays and short stories. His first novel, One Eye Red, received the Boras Tidning award for best literary debut. His second novel, Montecore, won several literary awards including the Swedish Radio Award for best novel of the year. Khemiri has also received the PO Enquist Literary Prize for the most promising young European writer. He currently divides his time between Stockholm and Berlin.

Literary awards:

Borås Prize for best Swedish Literary Debut (2004)

Per Olov Enquist Prize for young authors facing the future (2006)
VI Magazine Literary Prize (2006)
Colombine scholarship (2006)
Tidningen CITY’s literary award (2006)
Swedish Radio’s Novel Prize (2006)
The Bellman Award (2007)
Swedish Radio’s Prize for best Swedish Short Story (2008)
Shortlisted for the August Prize (2006)

HEDDA Award for best play (Norway, 2010)

John Fante Literary Prize (Italy, 2010)

OBIE Award for playwriting (US, 2011) 

International residencies:
Ledig House, Hudson, New York (2004)
International Residency for Emerging Playwrights at Royal Court, London (2006)
Berliner Künstlerprogramm, DAAD, Berlin (2009)

Ledig House, Hudson, New York (2011)

Henning Mankell scholarship (2011)