“Then another dog tossed me a piece of bread, half-moldy, and another a piece of raw meat, and another a chicken leg, and another, and another, things I couldn’t make out.”
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Sudan
Bushra al-Fadil First Arabophone Author to Win Caine Prize for African Literature
As a translated story, the prize money will be split 70/30, with £7,000 going to the author and £3,000 to the translator.
For Second Time in 18 Years, Arabic Short Story Shortlisted for Caine Prize
The last short story translated from the Arabic to make a Caine Prize shortlist was Tunisian writer Hassouna Mosbahi’s “The Tortoise,” trans. Peter Clark. It made the shortlist in 2001.
Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin Wins ‘Committed Book Prize’ for Novel Seized at Recent Khartoum Book Fair
The annual La Cène Littéraire is for works of African literature that have been translated into French.
Emerging Singularities: High-High Kitsch House Decor and More from Sudan
The aim of the exhibition is to get beyond the general media picture of Sudan and provide a glimpse of the country’s cultural and artistic life.
Elisabeth Jaquette Wins PEN/Heim Grant to Translate Short-story Collection by Rania Mamoun
“Providing a platform for Mamoun and other authors from the seven banned countries is even more important in a time when the US is shutting its borders and stoking racist xenophobia. But work like hers should not be forced to exist in a space defined primarily by the narrative of security. Eventually, I hope readers pick up these stories for their emotional intimacy, depictions of urban alienation, and blurred lines between reality and the imaginary.”
On the Khartoum Omnibus: Stories of Sudan’s Cosmopolitanism
“As Max and I read more short stories about Khartoum for the collection, we began to notice that Gaetano’s focus on a bus was far from unique.”
Beating — or Joining — Literary Piracy in Sudan
“To start with, a literary work is subject to taxes and customs, whereas a religious book is not.”
Amir Tag Elsir’s ‘French Perfume’ Makes 2015 Best Translated Book Award Longlist
“Although this novel interrogates the ‘North-South’ relationship, it is very different from the seminal work by El Sir’s famous uncle, Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North.”
Al-Saddiq al-Raddi Collection Shortlisted for Ted Hughes Award
“What I can say, with utter confidence, is this is a shortlist that looks like no other; a shortlist that has brought pieces of work that might otherwise have gone unrecognised into conversation with each other…”
Performance in the Two Sudans: Against the ‘Normal Focus on Politics and War’
“In short, the task they had given themselves was to use what people call ‘the transformative power of theatre’ to foster debate, cohesion and self-reflection in the Two Sudans.”
‘The Book of Khartoum’ Wins PEN Promotes Award
English PEN just announced the winners of their “PEN Promotes” and “PEN Translates” awards. Among the four “PEN Promotes” titles is Comma Press’s forthcoming Book of Khartoum, ed. Raph Cormack and Max Shmookler.
