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Ghayath Almadhoun Makes 2026 National Translation Awards Longlist

September 4, 2026

Only one title translated from Arabic was on the longlists for the 2026 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose, announced yesterday: I Have Brought You a Severed Hand by Ghayath Almadhoun, translated by Catherine Cobham and published by Action Books.

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