From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Hanif Kureishi CBE born December 5 1954 is an English playwright screenwriter and filmmaker novelist and short story writer The themes of his work have touched on topics of race nationalism immigration and sexuality In 2008 The Times named Kureishi in their list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanif Kureishi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia