The Tunisian literature established its strength in the 2019/2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award. This year saw the nomination of Eleven novels and two works of poetry are on the longlist for the Literature category
Thirteen works were picked out of 438 submissions for the 14th year of the award, with the majority of authors hailing from the UAE, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon.Last year, Moroccan writer and novelist Bensalem Himmich’s The Self – Between Existence and Creation won the Literature category award.
The full longlist
Novels:
Al Hai Al Hai by Ali Al-Shaali (UAE)
Abna wa Ahtheya (Sons and Shoes) by Mohsen Al-Ramli (Iraq/Spain)
Takecardia by Amir Taj al-Ser (Sudan)
Khata Gher Maqsoud (An Unintended Mistake) by Rachid Al-Daeed (Lebanon)
Horoob Al Rohama (Wars of Mercy) by Ibrahim Issa (Egypt)
Al Maktabah Al Sereya wa Al General (The Secret Library and The General) by Khairi Al Dhahabi (Syria)
Al Karaki by Hassan Hamid (Palestine)
Mr Noon by Najwa Barakat (Lebanon)
Hay Al Dahsha (The Neighborhood of Astonishment) by Maha Hassan (Syria/France)
Ma’wa Al Gheyab (Shelter of Absence) by Mansoura Ezzedine (Egypt)
Arwah Sakhrat Al Asal (Souls of Honey Rocks) by Mamdouh Azzam (Syria)
Poetic works:
Belkas ma Qabl Al Akheera (The Penultimate Cup) by Moncef Al Wahaibi (Tunisia)
Althe’b wa ma Akhfa: Taleh Rashaeya: Al Ghazalah wa Al Zelzal (The Wolf and What It Hid) followed by (Rasha’yat: The Gazelle and the Earthquake) by Youssef Razuka (Tunisia)
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