Anam Zafar Wins 2021 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation
Translator Anam Zafar won the 2021 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation for her work on four stories from Najat Abed Alsamad’s In the Tenderness of War.
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Lit & Found: Banipal 72, Iraqi Jewish Writers
The magazine’s seventy-second issue features short stories, novel excerpts, and poems by 17 authors of Iraqi descent, guest-edited by Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani and Yuval Evri.
Published in 2021: Arabic Literature in Catalan, English, Euskera, French, German, Greek, Italian, Malayalam, Portuguese, Spanish, & Turkish Translation
For those who are interested in comparing covers and presentations across language, follow our “six languages, six covers” series over at Instagram.
Storytellers of the 1001 Nights: A Conversation with Paulo Horta
“In English we have far fewer translations of the Nights than we might imagine.”
Forthcoming 2022: Arabic Literature in English Translation
More than 30 Arabic literary works are set to be published in English translation in 2022. As in past years, the novel dominates.
Review & Excerpt: ‘The Marooned Mirror,’ A Wonderland Revisited
Captured in the Twilight Wood, Faris and Farah go on a page-turning adventure while taking part in a long-awaited uprising against evil.
Publisher and Pioneering Children’s Book Author Samah Idriss Dies in Beirut
A well-known editor and supporter of Palestinian rights, Idriss was also a celebrated author of vibrant, child-centered picture books and young-adult novels that played with language and told fun, relatable stories.
2021 Prix de la Littérature Arabe Goes to Jokha al-Harthi & Khaled Osman
rganizers today announced the winner of the 2021 Prix de La Littérature Arabe, a French prize that celebrates literature by Arab authors written in French or literature translated from Arabic to French.
Lit & Found: Four Gastronomic Poems by Kushajim
“In his gastronomic poems, Kushājim not only details the preparation methods and ingredients needed for certain dishes but also the impact that their elegant presentation has on the banquet guests.”