Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Jonas Hassen Khemiri, born in Stockholm in 1978, is a Swedish author of novels and plays. His six novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and his plays have been staged internationally. He has received numerous Swedish and international awards, including the Per Olov Enquist Prize, the August Prize and the Prix Médicis Étranger. His novel The Family Clause was nominated for the National Book Award.