Najm Wali
was born in al-Amara, Iraq, on 20 October 1956, and has a degree in German Literature from Baghdad University. Since 1980 he has lived in Hamburg where he was awarded an MA in German Literature. In 1989, his German novel, Krieg im Vergnugungsviertel, was published by Perspol Verlag, Hamburg (later coming out in Arabic). His novels Lailat Mary al-Akhir and Makan ismuhu Kumait were published in Cairo (1995, 1997). A French edition, Une Ville nomée Komeit, was published in 1999. In 2004, Hanser Verlag published Die Reise nach Tell-Lahm (reviewed in Banipal No 22).
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Banipal No 3 October 1998
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06/02/2012At a celebration of literary translation on Monday 6 February at Kings Place, Khaled Mattawa will receive the 2011 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.
[read more]03/02/2012
The Mosaic Rooms celebrates theartistic and poetic works of the great Syrian poet Adonis with talks and events from 3-8 February and an exhibition of Adonis's collages from 3 February until 30 March. The opening evening this Friday sees Adonis in conversation with Khaled Mattawa who is the winner of the 2011 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for his translation Adonis: Selected Poems.
[read more]16/01/2012
Khaled Mattawa wins the 2011 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Translation Prize for Adonis:Selected Poems
[read more]12/01/2012
Chair of IPAF Judges Georges Tarabichi announces the shortlist authors of the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
[read more]09/01/2012
Banipal Book Club's first book for discussion is The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader.
[read more]08/01/2012
Ibrahim Aslan, one of Egypt's best-loved authors, has died of heart failure at the age of 77.
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