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Tice Cin
Cin at the British Library in 2022
Born
Hatice Hassan Cin

(1995-04-21) 21 April 1995 (age 29)
Alma materUniversity College London
Years active–present
Websitewww.ticecin.com

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, a London Writers Award, and was shortlisted for a British Book Award among other accolades.

Early life

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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

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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

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Novels

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  • Keeping the House (2021)

Essays and short stories

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  • "The list" in Cybernetics or Ghosts? (2023 edition), edited by Michael Salu for the Writers Mosiac[4]

References

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  1. ^ Donkor, Michael (2 September 2021). "Keeping the House by Tice Cin review – a cult classic in the making". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ^ Kazandjian, Robert (24 May 2022). "Tice Cin is writing the London she lives". Huck. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. ^ Wood, Heloise (24 June 2024). "Authors Tice Cin and Irenosen Okojie join And Other Stories as contributing editors". The Bookseller. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  4. ^ "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