Hasan Namir

Hasan Namir is a poet and novelist from Vancouver. His debut book, the novelGod in Pink published in 2015,won the Lambda Literary Award for best gay fiction. Set in war-torn Iraqin 2003,God in Pinktells the story of a young queer Muslim man named Ramy who is pressured to find a wife by his strict brother and sister-in-law. In Namir's first poetry collection, the 2019 bookWar /Torn, the writer offers a spiritual exploration of religion and masculinity.

CBC Books named Namir a writer to watch in 2019.

• How this author learned his gay and Muslim identities could coexist and found hope in the process
• 19 Canadian writers to watch in 2019

Books by Hasan Namir