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.
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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’.
Noor Naga, Sofia Samatar, Zein El-Amine, Iman Mersal & Robyn Creswell Make 2023 PEN Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America today announced the longlists for literary awards in eleven categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essay, science writing, and translation: of both poetry and prose.
2023 ‘Palestine Writes’ Festival Set for September 22-24 in Philadelphia, USA
Organizers have announced that tickets are now available for the second “Palestine Writes” festival, set for September 22-24, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Sunday Submissions: AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
Submissions for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing (for short stories) are open until the 26th January.
Joint Winners for This Year’s Banipal Translation Prize: Humphrey Davies and Robin Moger
Judges today announced joint winners of the 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation: the late Humphrey Davies, for his translation of Hamdi Abu Golayyel’s The Men Who Swallowed the Sun and Robin Moger, for his translation of Mohamed Kheir’s Slipping.
Shady Lewis Wins and Turns Down a Sawiris Cultural Award for His Novel ‘A Brief History of Genesis and Eastern Cairo’
Egyptian writer Shady Lewis, who lives in London, won and turned down a Sawiris Cultural Award over the weekend, igniting a firestorm of commentary online.
Sunday Submissions: NEA Translation Projects and Arabpop #4
Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English.
ArabPop has also opened calls for its fourth issue – the theme is ‘bayt’, or home.