Draft:Tice Cin
Tice Cin | |
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 Cin at the British Library in 2022 | |
| Born | Hatice Hassan Cin 21 April 1995 Enfield, London, England |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Years active | –present |
| Website | www |
Hatice Hassan Cin (born 21 April 1995) is a British writer and multidisciplinary artist. Her debut novel Keeping the House (2021) received a Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for a British Book Award among other accolades.
Early life
[edit]Cin was born to Turkish Cypriot parents in the North London Borough of Enfield and grew up in Tottenham. She graduated from University College London (UCL).
Career
[edit]Keeping the House. Set between 1999 and 2012,[1] the novel follows a character named Ayla as she comes of age in Tottenham's Turkish Cypriot community. It came from Cin's desire to see her part of London in literature.[2] Keeping the House won a Somerset Maugham Award and a London Writers Award. It was also shortlisted for a British Book Award.
In 2024, Cin joined And Other Stories as a contributing editor.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Keeping the House (2021)
Essays and short stories
[edit]- "The list" in Cybernetics or Ghosts? (2023 edition), edited by Michael Salu for the Writers Mosiac[4]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dylan Thomas Prize | Keeping the House | Longlisted | ||
| British Book Awards | Discover Book of the Year | Shortlisted | |||
| Somerset Maugham Award | Won | ||||
| Desmond Elliott Prize | Shortlisted | ||||
| Jhalak Prize | Shortlisted | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Donkor, Michael (2 September 2021). "Keeping the House by Tice Cin review – a cult classic in the making". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Kazandjian, Robert (24 May 2022). "Tice Cin is writing the London she lives". Huck. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Wood, Heloise (24 June 2024). "Authors Tice Cin and Irenosen Okojie join And Other Stories as contributing editors". The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Cybernetics & Ghosts". House of Thought. 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
Category:English people of Turkish Cypriot descent
Category:People from Tottenham
Category:Writers from the London Borough of Enfield
Category:Writers from the London Borough of Haringey