Mischa Hiller
Encyclopedia
Mischa Hiller is a British novelist. His novel, Sabra Zoo, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
, best first book shortlist.
He grew up in Durham
, London, Brighton
, Beirut
, and Dar es Salaam
.
He lives in Cambridge
.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers is an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. It's flagship are two literary awards and a website...
, best first book shortlist.
He grew up in Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
, London, Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, and Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...
.
He lives in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
Works
- Sabra Zoo, Telegram Books, 2010, ISBN 9781846590771
- Fuga dall'inferno. Una storia palestinese, Translator S. Montis, Newton Compton, 2010, ISBN 9788854121348
- Shake Off, Telegram Books, 13 September 2011, ISBN 9781846590887
External links
- Author's website
- Sabra Zoo website
- "Review and author interview: Sabra Zoo – Mischa Hiller", A Common Reader, 12 February 2010
- "A novelist goes undercover", The Saudi Gazette, Susannah Tarbush