Sarvat Hasin

Sarvat Hasin
Born1991 (age 33–34)
Alma mater
Years active2016–present

Sarvat Hasin (born 1991) is a British-Pakistani writer. She began her career with the novels This Wide Night (2016) and You Can't Go Home Again (2018), published in India. Her third novel The Giant Dark (2021) won the inaugural Mo Siewcharran Prize and was shortlisted for the Encore Award.

Early life

Hasin was born in West London and grew up in Karachi.[1][2] She returned to England for university, graduating with a degree in Politics from Royal Holloway, University of London.[1] She completed a Masters (MSt) in Creative Writing at Oxford.[3]

Career

Via Penguin India, Hasin's debut novel This Wide Night was published in 2016. Set in 1970s Karachi and London and centred around the four Malik sisters, the novel is based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.[4][5] This Wide Night was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.[6]

This was followed by Hasin's second novel You Can't Go Home Again in 2018.[7] Told through seven vignettes,[8] the urban legend-inspired novel deals with the aftermath of a high school production's cast member going missing.[9] You Can't Go Home Again was named one of the best books of 2018 by Vogue India.[10] Hasin's writing drew comparisons to that of Mohsin Hamid and Kamila Shamsie.[11]

In 2019, Hasin's next novel The Giant Dark won the inaugural Mo Siewcharran Prize.[12] She consequently secured a book deal with Dialogue Books, through which The Giant Dark was published in 2021. The novel is a loose contemporary reimagining of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice[13][14] set in the music industry.[15] The Giant Dark was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's 2022 Encore Award and the inaugural Bad Form Book the Year.[16][17]

On the side, Hasin works at the Almeida Theatre as a dramaturg.[18] She also contributed an essay to Desi Delicacies, edited by University of York's Claire Chambers.[19]

Bibliography

Novels

  • This Wide Night (2016)
  • You Can't Go Home Again (2018)
  • The Giant Dark (2021)
  • Strange Girls (2026)

Essays

  • "Stone Soup" in Desi Delicacies (2020; also known as Dastarkhwan), edited by Claire Chambers

References

  1. ^ a b Majumdar, Kausambhi (31 March 2018). "All stories come from somewhere: Sarvat Hasin". The Punch. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. ^ Hasin, Sarvat (27 September 2017). "#BornConfused15: 'There's a Reason we Still Turn to Dimple Lala 15 Years After its Release'". Brown Girl. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. ^ "MSt alumna Sarvat Hasin wins inaugural Mo Siewcharran Prize". Masters in Creative Writing. University of Oxford. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  4. ^ Bhavani, Divya Kala (21 February 2018). "Sarvat Hasin on shifting away from narrative norms". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  5. ^ Attari, Karishma (12 March 2017). "Book review: The novel self-destructs with ease". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ^ Abrams, Dennis (15 August 2017). "'Maturity and Humanity': The DSC Prize For South Asian Literature's Longlist". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  7. ^ Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Uma (3 March 2018). "You Can't Go Home Again by Sarvat Hasin reviewed by Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  8. ^ Gera, Ishaan (13 May 2018). "Book Review: You Can't Go Home Again". Financial Express. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  9. ^ Xalxo, Jessica (1 March 2018). "Of Home, Churails & Djinns: Sarvat Hasin's 'You Can't Go Home Again'". She the People. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  10. ^ Goyal, Sana (21 December 2018). "Vogue's list of the top 50 books to bookmark from 2018". Vogue India. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  11. ^ Kumar, Shikha (28 April 2018). "'I wanted to show the female characters encountering their bodies': Pakistani writer Sarvat Hasin". Scroll.
  12. ^ Bayley, Sian (5 November 2019). "Hasin wins Dialogue deal with inaugural Mo Siewcharran Prize victory". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  13. ^ Behrooz, Anahit (5 July 2021). "The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin". The Skinny. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  14. ^ Stokes-Chapman, Susan (26 January 2022). "Top 10 novels inspired by Greek myths". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  15. ^ White, Jessica (1 September 2022). "The best books about fame and fanhood". i-D. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  16. ^ "The Encore Award – 2022 Shortlist". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  17. ^ Bayley, Sian (29 November 2021). "Brown and Godden on Bad Form's first Book of the Year shortlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  18. ^ "I wanted to be a writer because I love books: Sarvat Hasin". Daily Observer. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  19. ^ Chambers, Claire (25 January 2021). "A Rich Helping of Food Writing". 3 Quarks Daily. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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