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Past Events
Thu 13 February 2014
7.00 pm
The Gallery, Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road
7.00 pm
The Gallery, Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road
Arabic Literature in English:
An evening with the prizewinning translators and their novels
Celebrating
the joint prizewinners of
the 2013 Saif Ghobash Prize for Arabic
Literary Translation,
Jonathan Wright and William M. Hutchins
Introduced by Paul Starkey
With readings from the novels and a drinks reception
ALL WELCOME
7.00pm
The Gallery, Foyles Bookshop
113-119 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0EB
Enjoy
the best of contemporary Arabic fiction with the joint winners of the
2013 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. The
winners will be in conversation with fellow literary translator Paul Starkey, and reading from their winning novels – Azazeel, translated by Jonathan Wright, in which readers are plunged into an enthralling tale set in 5th-century Egypt and Syria by Egyptian author Youssef Ziedan, and A Land Without Jasmine, translated by William Maynard Hutchins, a gripping page-turner from young Yemeni author Wajdi Al-Ahdal.
Copies of these winning novels will be available for purchase.
This is a free event, but please do reserve your place by emailing paola@banipal.co.uk
Doors open 6.30pm.
Hosted by Foyle's and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature
Click here for details of this event on the Foyles website.
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Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa, translated by Nancy Roberts
Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai
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The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah
Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Saleh (Banipal Books, 2020)
Tayeb Salih
Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi
Habib Selmi, author of Goat Mountain and 3 times shortlisted for the IPAF
The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books, 2020)
Taleb Alrefai, author of Shadow of the Sun and The Mariner
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Banipal Books, 2021)
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