New ‘Bait AlGhasham Dar Arab’ Translation Prize for Unpublished Manuscripts
Dar Arab publishing house yesterday announced a new international translation prize for Arabic literature, to be called the “Bait AlGhasham Dar Arab Translation Prize.”
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Six Novels from Six Countries Chosen for 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
At a virtual press conference, chair of the 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction judging panel Mohammed Achaari announced this year’s six-book shortlist, which Achaari praised for its diversity of styles and quality of the writing, noting that the judges had reached their decision — narrowing the 16-book longlist to six — by cooperation and consensus.
Sunday Submissions: Etel Adnan Poetry Series
The University of Arkansas Press has opened submissions for its Etel Adan Poetry Series.
Moroccan Poets Nisrine Mbarki, Mustafa Stitou Nominated for Prestigious Herman de Koninckprijs
Nisrine Mbarki and Mustafa Stitou have made the six-book shortlist of the prestigious Herman de Koninckprijs, a literary prize for the best poetry collection written in Dutch or Flemish.
Bothayna Al-Essa Named 2023 BCLT Writer in Residence
The British Centre for Literary Translation has announced that their Arabic writer-in-residence this summer will be Bothayna Al-Essa, who will join workshop leader Nariman Youssef at their annual literary translation summer school.
Sunday Submissions: Arab Culture Fund ‘Creative and Critical Writings’
The Arab Culture Fund has opened its call for their Creative and Critical Writings grant 2023.
Organizers Announce 2023 Winners of the Tayeb Salih International Award for Creative Writing
FEBRUARY 15, 2023 – Today, the board of the Tayeb Salih International Award for Creative Writing announced the winning works in the award’s thirteenth edition. The award, sponsored by Zain telecommunications, […]
Poetry Revisited: Fadi Azzam’s ‘If You Are Syrian These Days …’
By Fadi Azzam Translated by Ghada Alatrash –If you are Syrian these days, you stand shielded and exposed, you are the awakening and the delusion, and the dream and the nightmare, all […]
2023 Comma Press Emerging Translator Prize to Focus on Arabic
This year’s Emerging Translator Prize, co-sponsored by the Bristol Translates! workshop and Comma Press, will focus on Arabic.