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A white man with brown hair and brown beard look at the camera. They have their arms crossed, wearing a dark blue shirt. They have round glasses.

Kenan Orhan

Kenan Orhan is a writer based in Kansas

His 2023 short story collection, I Am My Country, was a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and was longlisted for the Story Prize. His fiction appears in The Atlantic, Paris Review, Common and elsewhere, and has been anthologised in The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories.  

His debut novel, The Renovation, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026.  

All nominated books

The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
The Renovation is a heartbreaking portrait of one family caught in the tides of history, grappling with grief, exile, politics and the painful absurdity of love