Hassan Blasim

Johanna Sellman (Ohio State University)

Ed. by Rita Sakr, Maynooth University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 6.1.4: Arab Diasporic Literature and Culture (Anglophone/ Francophone/ Other), 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Anna Bernard (King's College London), Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Nora Parr (SOAS, University of London), Rita Sakr (Maynooth University), Anastasia Valassopoulos (University of Manchester)

Dates

Born 1973
Activity c. 2004-ongoing

Places

Born in Iraq
Active in Finland

Cultural Identities

Arab-diasporic (non anglophone/francophone)

Activities

Primary

Film Director
Prose writer

Resources

Blasim's Works

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Finland-based Iraqi Hassan Blasim is a writer and filmmaker who has forged new directions in the 21st century Arabic short story. His literary narratives stage recent conflicts in Iraq through the macabre, the fantastic, and through experimental approaches to narrative. His stories of forced migration and human trafficking contribute to a re-writing of migration and exile in Arabic literature. In Blasim’s writing, content often reflects form; for example, his exploration of topics such as hacking, gaming, and the opening of borders find resonance in open narrative structures, intertextuality between stories, and the global print and online circulation and translation of his work. In addition to his short story collections, which have now been translated into over twenty languages,…

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Citation: Sellman, Johanna. "Hassan Blasim". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 January 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13982, accessed 24 November 2024.]