The shortlisted titles are Hamdi Abu Golayyel’s The Men Who Swallowed the Sun, translated by the late Humphrey Davies; Yassin Adnan’s Hot Maroc, translated by Alexander E. Elinson, and Mohamed Kheir’s Slipping, translated by Robin Moger.Continue Reading
The 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize is open for submissions by publishers through March 31, 2022.Continue Reading
Winning translator Sarah Enany of the novel The Girl With Braided Hair and her author Rasha Adly in conversation with chair of judges Prof Roger Allen, along with readings in both languages and a Q&A.Continue Reading
This year’s four judges are translator-scholar Roger Allen, a previous winner of the Banipal prize; publisher Rosemarie Hudson; scholar and educator Ronak Husni; and culture-sector consultant Caroline McCormick.Continue Reading
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Organizers announced today that 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation will go to Kay Heikkinen, for her translation of Huzama Habayeb’s Velvet.Continue Reading
The shortlist showcases a wide range of titles, from a Moroccan historical novel to an Egyptian thriller to a tender Kuwaiti war story to two novels from Palestine, one written for teens.Continue Reading
“This year’s judging chair will be Paul Starkey, who was a judge on the inaugural committee for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, a prolific translator, and a previous winner of the Banipal translation prize.”Continue Reading
The winner of the 2018 prize is set to be announced late January 2019, with an awards ceremony to be held in late February or early March 2019.Continue Reading
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