“Arabic literature aside, it’s a serious disappointment not to find serious Bangla, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, and Russian novels here, as well as novels from sub-Saharan Africa. “
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‘Al-Multaqa Prize’ for the Short Story Announces Inaugural Longlist
Al-Multaqa Prize for the Short Story has announced its inaugural longlist, for collections published in 2015-2016: The new Kuwait-based prize is unusual in celebrating the overlooked short-story genre. As Jordanian short-story writer Hisham Bustani said a few years back, in… Read More ›
Samar Yazbek’s ‘The Crossing’ on Longlist for France’s Prix Médicis
“Both the Goncourt and Renadout have Arab voices on their longlists: Algerian-French writer Magyd Cherfi’s Ma part de Gaulois is on the Goncourt longlist, as is Algerian-Moroccan-French author Leila Slimani’s Chanson, which also made the Renadout longlist.”
France’s ‘Prix de la Littérature Arabe’ to Translation of Inaam Kachachi’s ‘Tashaari’
The jury also gave a 5,000€ special mention to Reda Dalil’s 2016 novel “Best-seller.”
Hisham Matar’s ‘The Return’ Makes Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016 Shortlist
“This is the third year that Slightly Foxed, a literary quarterly and independent publisher, has sponsored this award, which is worth £3,500.”
Ali Znaidi Wins ‘Split This Rock/Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’ Poetry Translation Contest
I’m alone as usual
but the city is unusually alone.
I watch over its wilderness out of my window.
Nothing but the night and the curfew.
Just 19 Works in Contention for the 2016 Banipal Translation Prize
“Since it’s Women in Translation Month, it’s necessary to mention the gender balance: four titles by women and fifteen by men.”
Humphrey Davies’ Translation of al-Shidyaq’s ‘Leg Over Leg’ Makes 2016 NTA Longlist
“The five-title shortlists will be announced in September. “
Dear Literary Prizes, Don’t Honor That Wall
“There’s also an argument that literary prizes — far from honoring the hyper-militarized borders that choke our century — should violate them.”
Sunday Submissions: New $5000 Global Humanities Translation Prize
The annual prize will go to a “previously unpublished translation that strikes the delicate balance beween scholarly rigor, aesthetic grace, and general readability, as judged by a rotating committee of distinguished international scholars and literati.”
Congratulations to Eight Emerging Arabic Novelists Who Won 2016 AFAC Grants
You can read more about their projects in Arabic and English at the AFAC website.
Ibrahim Abdelmeguid’s ‘Beyond Writing’ Wins 2016 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Beyond Writing “provides a creative view of the political, social and cultural contexts within which the books were written.”
