Anwar Hamed
Anwar Hamed (born 1957) (Arabic: أنور حامد) is a Palestinian novelist and poet.[1] He was born in Anabta, Palestine,[1] and went to Hungary for college. His first short stories were published in Arabic when he was still a teenager in the West Bank, but after his move to Hungary, he started writing in Hungarian. His first novels were written in this language. Since 2004, he has been living in London, where he works for BBC Arabic[citation needed] His short story entitled “The Key”, published in English, was longlisted to British Science Fiction Association Award 2019.[2] His most recent novel is Shijan, which was published in Arabic in March 2019.[3]
His novel Jaffa Prepares Morning Coffee was longlisted for the 2013 Arabic Booker Prize.[citation needed]
Selected works, in Arabic
[edit]- The Bridge of Babylon جسور وشروخ وطيور لا تحلق
- Stones of Pain حجارة الألم
- Scheherazade Tells Tales No More
- jenin 2002جنين 2002
- Bewildered taste of passion والتيه والزيتون
- Fragmentation شجن
- Jaffa Prepares Morning Coffee يافا تعد قهوة الصباح
- Jenin 2002
- Outsider غريب ()
- Chronicle of Fragmentation!أشباه وأشباح
- Literary theory: An attempt towards the definition of the function of “
References
[edit]- ^ a b IPAF profile
- ^ Sohie West, "An Interview with Anwar Hamed", Wasafiri, Volume 26, 2011 - Issue 4, pp. 36-41.
- ^ "Anwar Hamed - Comma Press". commapress.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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