The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2013

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IPAF authors to take part in local events, ahead of winner announcement in Abu Dhabi on 23 April

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Jabbour Douaihy

Jabbour al-Douaihy was born in Zgharta, northern Lebanon, in 1949. He holds a PhD degree in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne and works as Professor of French Literature at the University of Lebanon. To date, he has published seven works of fiction, including novels, short stories and children’s books. His novel June Rain was shortlisted for the inaugural IPAF in 2008, and will be published in English by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing in October 2012.

  • The Vagrant 2012

  • June Rain (An Nahar, Beirut, 2006)

    June Rain 2008

Previous Years

You can find a complete history of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction here. Information on all the winners, shortlisted and longlisted...

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Translations

One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other...

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