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.
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Sunday Submissions: International Conference on Arabic Literature at the University of Warsaw
Paper submissions have opened for the University of Warsaw’s conference on Arabic literature, focusing on the theme ‘Modern Arabic Literature – Between Myth and Reality’.
Launch Day for Haji Jaber’s ‘Black Foam’: A Playlist, Excerpt, Interview, & More
Today marks the English-language launch of Eritrean novelist Haji Jaber’s Black Foam.
Anis Arafai Wins 2022 Multaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story
Moroccan author Anis Arafai won the Multaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story for his collection “سيرك الحيوانات المتوهمة” (The Circus of Imaginary Beasts).
Coming in February: Eleventh-century Medical Satire and Fiction From Eritrea
This month: Ibn Butlan’s ‘The Doctors’ Dinner Party’ and Haji Jabir’s ‘Black Foam’
New ‘PEN Translates’ Grants to Lebanese Comix, Sudanese Memoir, More
Books are selected for the awards on the basis of “outstanding literary quality, the strength of the publishing project, and their contribution to UK bibliodiversity.”
Syrian Poet Shawqy Baghdadi Dies at 94
Syrian poet and short-story writer Shawqy Baghdadi (1928-2023) died Sunday evening at the age of 94, according to multiple news reports.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2023 Longlist, Showcasing ‘An Impulse to Record Historic Events’
Seven writers on the list have been recognized by the prize in past editions: Ahmad Abdulatif, Najwa Binshatwan, Lina Huyan Alhassan, Aisha Ibrahim, Nasser Iraq, Azher Jirjis, and Miral al-Tahawy. Organizers also remarked on the number of women authors longlisted for this year’s prize — eight — the most women novelists ever to appear on an IPAF longlist.
Sunday Submissions: Shakomako & BCLT ‘Stylistic Border Crossings’ Conference
Submissions have opened for Shakomako’s print issue and for the British Centre for Literary Translation’s new conference ‘Stylistic Border Crossings in and Beyond Translation’.