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Author record · 2020 to 2023

Jamil Jan Kochai: Awards and Best-of Lists

Jamil Jan Kochai has won 2 awards, including the Aspen Words Literary Prize (2023) for The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2023The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesAmerican Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Book
2023The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesAspen Words Literary Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2022The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2022The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2022The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesThe Atlantic Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2022The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2022The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other StoriesThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Essential Reads
2022The Haunting of Hajji HotakKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
202099 Nights in LogarPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Books

  1. The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories7 sources · 2022 to 2023
  2. 99 Nights in Logar1 source · 2020
  3. The Haunting of Hajji Hotak1 source · 2022