‘The Water Diviner’ wins the US$50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction purse, plus translation, for the Omani novelist Zahran Alqasmi.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The 2023 Shortlist
The shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction comprises work from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s 2023 Longlist
Nine markets are represented by the 16 longlisted books selected by the 2023 jury of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Alnaas Wins the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Mohammed Alnaas, from Libya, has become the youngest writer to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Awards: International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the 2022 Shortlist
The shortlist places a book from the United Arab Emirates into contention, a first at the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Awards: International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2022 Longlist and Jurors
The 16 longlisted novels in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction this year include work from nine nations.
IPA’s Al Qasimi in Riyadh: Promoting an ‘Arab Culture Renaissance’
The professional program at the Riyadh fair hears from IPA’s president on challenges and potentials for Arab literature and publishing.
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2021 Draws 889 Exhibitors
The fair’s programming featured 229 sessions during the week, engaging 315 speakers and guests, their comments streamed from the show.
Jordan’s Jalal Barjas Wins the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
The author, an aeronautical engineer, was longlisted in 2019 for ‘Women of the Five Senses.’ He wins for ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller.’
At Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: ‘The Art of Translation’
Questions of fidelity to a text were among topics discussed by Marilyn Booth, Michael Cooperson, and Hamed Al Ghaithi.