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Isabella Hammad

Isabella Hammad was born in London. She won the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction for her story 'Mr. Can’aan'. Her writing has appeared in Conjunctions and the Paris Review. The Parisian is her first novel.

Awards: RSL (2024), NBA (2019) see all

Genres: Literary Fiction

New and upcoming books

September 2024

Recognizing the Stranger

Novels

The Parisian (2019)
Enter Ghost (2023)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Isabella Hammad

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019 (2019)
(O. Henry Prize Stories)
edited by
Laura Furman

Awards

	2024 Encore Award : Enter Ghost
	2023 Granta Best of Young British Novelists
	2019 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 : The Parisian

Award nominations

	2024 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : Enter Ghost
	2024 Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize (shortlist) : Enter Ghost
	2020 Walter Scott Prize for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : The Parisian
	2020 Desmond Elliott Prize (nominee) : The Parisian
	2020 Betty Trask Prize (nominee) : The Parisian

Isabella Hammad recommends

The Furrows (2022)
Namwali Serpell
"A stunning and highly original novel exploring the shadow-life of grief. In Serpell's hands, longing becomes a story of uncanny repetition, and the logic of dreams feels intensely, compellingly real."

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