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Anwar Hamed (Arabic: أنور حامد; born 1957) 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 moving 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 worked for BBC Arabic[citation needed] between 2004 and 2024. He published over 100 articles on the BBCArabic website, mostly in the field of Arts and Culture.
His short story entitled “The Key”, published in English, was longlisted for British Science Fiction Association Award 2019.[2] The short film based on this story, directed by Rakan Mayasi, was shown in several American, European and Arab film festivals and cinemas.
His most recent novel is أشباه وأشباح, which was published in Arabic in 2023.[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]- 1 2 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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