Hafid Bouazza
(b. Oujda, Morocco, 1970) came to The Netherlands in 1977. He studied Arabic language and literature in Amsterdam and made his debut with the short-story collection De voeten van Abdullah [Abdullah’s Feet, Review], 2000, for which he was awarded the E. du Perron Prize. He has since published drama, essays, anthologies of Arabic and erotic poetry, and three novels: Salomon (2001), Paravion (2003, Gouden Uil Award and nomination for AKO Prize) and Spotvogel [Mockingbird], 2009. He is well-known for his fierce criticism of the Moroccan community in The Netherlands.
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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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