Khalil al-Neimi
was born in Badiya al-Sham [Syrian desert] in 1945. He is a writer and a surgeon. studying medicine and philosophy at Damascus University and specialising in surgery in Paris.
He has published seven novels; the first, Al-Rajul Alathi Ya’kul Nefsahu [The Man who Eats Himself] in 1973, the fifth, Tafrigh al-Ka’in [Emptying of the Being], in 1996, and the latest Madih al-Harab [n Praise of Deserting] by Muassassa Al-Arabiya, Amman/Beirut, 2005, excerpted in Banipal 33. He is also well-known as a travel writer. He lives and works in Paris.
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Banipal No 33 Autumn/Winter 2008
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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.
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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.
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