Zain Khalid
| Zain Khalid | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Notable work | Brother Alive |
| 🌐 Website | zaintkhalid |
Zain Khalid is an American writer and novelist. He received the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award[1][2] and the CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction[3] for his debut novel Brother Alive. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize[4] for best first book in any genre, and is shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize[5]. Khalid was also awarded the Bard Fiction Prize[6][7].
Career
Khalid's debut novel, Brother Alive, was published by Grove Press on July 12, 2022. It received favorable reviews from critics[8][9][10] and went on to win multiple awards[1][3]. The New York Times named Khalid a Writer to Watch[11] and called the novel "A searing collage of the profound and the mundane"[12]. Library Journal said the book is “One of the most exciting debuts in recent years.”[13] The judges for the CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction described the book as "...surreal, complex, puzzling, mind-expanding, imaginative, original, and presciently relevant to our times."[14] It has been translated to German.
Khalid's essays and short stories have been published in The New Yorker, n+1, The Believer, Astra Magazine, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and elsewhere. Khalid is a mentor at Periplus[15], a program supporting writers of color living and working in the United States. He was also Fiction Editor at The Drift.
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bard Fiction Prize[6] | Brother Alive | Won |
| 2023 | The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award[1][2] | Won | |
| Community of Literary Magazines and Presses Firecracker Award for Fiction[3] | Won | ||
| 2022 | National Book Critics Circle: John Leonard Prize for Best First Book[4] | Finalist |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Zain Khalid has won the 2023 Young Lions Award". Literary Hub. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zain Khalid Wins The New York Public Library's Twenty-Third Young Lions Fiction Award". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Here are the winners of the 2023 Firecracker Awards". Literary Hub. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Valdez, Jonah (2023-02-01). "Here are the finalists for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Schnelbach, Leah (2023-07-11). "Announcing the 2023 Shortlist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction". Electric Literature. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 College, Bard. "The Bard Fiction Prize at Bard College". www.bard.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Zain Khalid Wins the Bard Fiction Prize". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ↑ Tosiello, Pete (2022-07-12). "A Debut Novel Explores Power in Many Forms, From Capital to Dogma". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Bromwich, Jonah (2022-07-22). "The Novel That Captures New York City Right Now". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Haldane's Demand: On Zain Khalid's "Brother Alive"". Cleveland Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Harris, Elizabeth A.; Williams, John; Khatib, Joumana (2022-05-21). "Writers to Watch This Summer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Tosiello, Pete (2022-07-12). "A Debut Novel Explores Power in Many Forms, From Capital to Dogma". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Gorham, Luke. "Brother Alive". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Firecracker Awards". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2023 class of Periplus fellows". Literary Hub. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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