Translations
One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages.
In the past five years the Prize has secured English translations for all of its winners: Bahaa Taher (2008), Youssef Ziedan (2009), Abdo Khal (2010) and joint winners Mohammed Achaari and Raja Alem (2011). Taher’s Sunset Oasis was translated into English by Sceptre (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton) in 2009 and has gone on to be translated in 8 languages worldwide. Ziedan’s Azazeel was published in the UK by Atlantic Books in April 2012, and Abdo Khal and Mohammed Achaari’s books will also be published in 2012, by the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. Raja Alem’s The Doves’ Necklace has recently secured an English language publisher, with The Overlook Press in America and Duckworth Books in the UK. All of the winning titles, and a significant number of shortlisted and longlisted books have been translated internationally in South America, Europe and Asia.
A full list of IPAF winning and shortlisted books available in translation is outlined below.
- Italian: Feltrinelli
- French: Gallimard
- Bosnian: Ljevak
- Croatian: Ljevak
- Czech: Albatros Media
- English (UK) Atlantic Books (to be published in April 2012)
- French: Albin Michel
- German: Random House
- Greek: Livanis
- Hebrew: Kinneret - Zmora
- Indonesian: Serambi
- Italian: Neri Pozza
- Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Record
- Romanian: Trei
- Russian: AST
- Turkish: Epsilon
Beyond Paradise by Mansoura Ez Eldin
- Dutch
- German: Unionsverlag
- Italian: Piemme Mondadori
Black Taste, Black Odour by Ali Al-Muqri
- Italian: Piemme Italy
- French:Liana Levi
Brooklyn Heights by Miral-al-Tahawy
- English: Faber & Faber
- English: AUC Press (prior to being longlisted for IPAF)
- French: Actes Sud
- German: Lenos
In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa
- English: Random House
- French: Actes Sud
- Italian: Bompiani
- Spanish: Random House
- English: BQFP
- French: Actes Sud
- Italian: Feltrinelli
- English: Swallows Editions
Spewing Sparks as Big as Castles by Abdo Khal
- English: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (to be published in Spring 2013)
- French: Books Editions
- Bosnian: Buybook
- Bulgarian: Obsidian
- English (Canada): McClelland & Stewart
- English (UK): Sceptre (published in September 2009)
- French: Gallimard
- German: Unions Verlag
- Greek: Livanis
- Norwegian: Vigmostad & Bjorke
- Turkish: Dogan Egmont
- English: AUC Press
- Middle East and North America: Arabia Books (UK)
The American Granddaughter by Inaam Kachachi
- Chinese: Shanghai 99
- English: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (published in July 2010)
- French: Liana Levi
The Arch and the Butterfly by Mohammed Achaari
- English: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (to be published in Spring 2013)
- Italian: Fazi Editore
The Doves’ Necklace by Raja Alem
- English (US): Overlook Press
- English (UK): Duckworth
- French: Editions Stock
- German: Unions Verlag
- Italian: Marsilio Publishing
- Polish: Smak Slowa
The Druze of Belgrade by Rabee Jaber
- Italian: Feltrinelli
- Polish: Biuro Literackie (publishing date tbc)
- Serbian: Geopoetika (publishing date tbc)
- Bosnian: Buybook (publishing date tbc)
The Grub Hunter by Amir Taj al-Sir
- English: Pearson African Writers Series
The Scents of Marie Claire by Habib Selmi
- English: Arabia Books
- French: Actes Sud
- Italian: Einaudi
Time of the White Horses by Ibrahim Nasrallah
- English: American University in Cairo Press
The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader
