The Anglo-Pakistani writer and playwright Hanif Kureishi, 68, is hospitalized in Rome, in intensive care, at the Gemelli Polyclinic.
This was confirmed to ANSA by his entourage.
The author of 'The Buddha of the suburbs', who lives in London, was struck by a sudden illness shortly after disembarking in the capital, where he had arrived to spend the holidays.
His condition is considered serious.
Born in Bromley in 1954 to a Pakistani father and a British mother, in his novels Kureishi deals with issues such as the marginalization of minorities and the complexity of relationships in multi-ethnic societies, analyzing the contradictions and dynamics of the contemporary world.
Among his works published in Italy by Bompiani, The mother, Gabriel's gift, Eight arms to embrace you, The body, My ear on his heart, The word and the bomb, I have something to tell you, The last word, The weekend, One Zero and Love+Hate.
In 2022 the collection of stories and essays What happened? was released.
Kureishi also wrote the screenplays for Stephen Frears' films My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Go to Bed as well as Roger Michell's The mother, Venus and The weekend;
from the novel In intimacy Patrice Chéreau made the winning film at the Berlin Film Festival 2001, Intimacy.
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