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,…

2743 words

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 29 March 2024.]

13982 Hassan Blasim 1 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.