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Elisabeth Jaquette
Elisabeth Jaquette is an American translator of contemporary Arabic literature. Her work has been shortlisted for the National Book Award and TA First Translation Prize, and supported by the Jan Michalski Foundation, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, and several English PEN Translates Awards. She has a BA from Swarthmore College, a MA from Columbia University, and was a CASA Fellow at The American University in Cairo. She is also Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association. Selected works Translator * ''Minor Detail'' by Adania Shibli (New Directions, 2020) * ''The Frightened Ones'' by Dima Wannous (Knopf, 2020) (nominated for the Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation in 2021) * Thirteen Months of Sunrise' by Rania Mamoun (Comma Press, 2019) *''The Apartment in Bab el-Louk'' by Donia Maher (Darf Publishers, 2017) *''Suslov's Daughter'' by Habib Abdulrab Sarori (Darf Publishers, 2017) *''The Queue'' by Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House, 2016) See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Jaquette For National Book Foundation
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (schooner), several ships * ''Elizabeth'' (freighter), an American freighter that was wrecked off New York harbor in 1850; see Places Australia * City of Elizabeth ** Elizabeth, South Australia * Elizabeth Reef, a coral reef in the Tasman Sea United States * Elizabeth, Arkansas * Elizabeth, Colorado * Elizabeth, Georgia * Elizabeth, Illinois * Elizabeth, Indiana * Hopkinsville, Kentucky, originally known as Elizabeth * Elizabeth, Louisiana * Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts * Elizabeth, Minnesota * Elizabeth, New Jersey, largest city with the name in the U.S. * Elizabeth City, North Carolina * Elizabeth (Charlotte neighborhood), North Carolina * Elizabeth, Pennsylvania * Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania (other) * Elizabeth, West Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donia Maher
Donia Maher (; born 14 November 1979) is an Egyptian actress, writer and artist. She was born in Cairo. After studying acting, she appeared in several theatre and film productions, culminating with her breakthrough role in Hala Lotfy's film '' Al Khorug lel Nahar'' (2012) which was screened in film festivals around the world. She was also praised for her role in the TV series '' Segn El Nesa'' (''Women’s Prison''). More recently, Maher has gained renown for her graphic novel '' The Apartment in Bab El-Louk'', created in collaboration with the illustrators Ganzeer and Ahmad Nady. The English translation by Elisabeth Jaquette Elisabeth Jaquette is an American translator of contemporary Arabic literature. Her work has been shortlisted for the National Book Award and TA First Translation Prize, and supported by the Jan Michalski Foundation, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, ... was nominated for the Banipal Prize. Donia Maher lives in Cairo. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarthmore College Alumni
The following is a list of notable people associated with Swarthmore College, a private, independent liberal arts college located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Since its founding in 1864, Swarthmore has graduated 156 classes of students. As of 2022, the College enrolls 1,689 students and has roughly 21,300 living alumni. As of spring 2022, Swarthmore employs nearly 200 faculty members. Nobel laureates Listed chronologically by year of the award. MacArthur Fellows Listed chronologically by year of the grant. List of alumni Listed in alphabetical order by surname. Architecture * Frances Halsband (1965) - FAIA, former Dean of School of Architecture at Pratt Institute * Margaret Helfand (1969)- FAIA (attended 1965–68) * Steven Izenour (1962) *Marianne McKenna (1972) - RIBA Arts, film, theatre, and broadcasting *Joseph Altuzarra (2005) – fashion designer, winner of the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award *Lisa Albert (1981) – television produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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American Translators
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Arabic-English Translators
The following is a list of translators primarily translating literary works in the Arabic language into English editions that have been published in print. The leading prizes in this field of translation are the Banipal Prize and the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award. A * Farouk Abdel Wahab * Leila Abouzeid * Kareem James Abu-Zeid *Sinan Antoon * A. J. Arberry * Albakry Mohammed *Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot B *Adil Babikir * Aida Bamia *Joseph Bell *Marilyn Booth *Keith Bosley * Angele Botros Samaan * Issa J. Boullata * Sargon Boulus *Paul Bowles * Leon Carl Brown *Richard Francis Burton C *Anthony Calderbank * Yigal Carmon *Catherine Cobham *Thomas Cleary * Elliot Colla *Miriam Cooke * Michael Cooperson * Robyn Creswell D *Humphrey T. Davies * N. J. Dawood E *Abba Eban F * Nicole Fares *Ahmed Fathy * Elizabeth Fernea * Bassam Frangieh G * Ferial Ghazoul *Sayed Gouda * William Granara * William Alexander Greenhill H *Marilyn Hacker * Hala Halim * Stuart A. Hancox * Nay Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basma Abdel Aziz
Basma Abdel Aziz (Arabic: بسمة عبد العزيز, born 1976 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian writer, psychiatrist, visual artist and human rights activist, nicknamed 'the rebel'. She lives in Cairo and is a weekly columnist for Egypt's ''al-Shorouk'' newspaper. She writes in Arabic, and her novels ''The Queue'' and ''Here Is A Body'' were published in English. For her literary and nonfiction work, she was awarded the Sawiris Cultural Award and other distinctions. Life and career Born in Cairo, Abdel Aziz holds a B.A. in medicine and surgery, an M.S. in neuropsychiatry, and a diploma in sociology. She works for the General Secretariat of Mental Health in Egypt's Ministry of Health and the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. As a writer, Abdel Aziz gained second place for her short stories in the 2008 Sawiris Cultural Award, and a 2008 award from the General Organisation for Cultural Palaces. Her sociological examination of police violence in Egypt, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queue (Abdel Aziz Novel)
''The Queue'' ( ar, الطابور, ''Al-Tabuur'') is a 2013 satire novel by Basma Abdel Aziz. It was first published in English in 2016. The novel explores totalitarianism and bureaucracy through the lens of a fictional Middle Eastern state and the people under its control. Plot In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, a building known as the Gate controls the populace by making decrees and requiring inordinate amounts of paperwork which must be directly processed by the Gate itself. Dr. Tarek examines a patient named Yehya, who was shot by government forces in a riot known as the Disgraceful Events. The Gate begins a propaganda campaign to rewrite the history of the Events, denying that anyone was shot at all. The Gate decrees that is illegal to remove a bullet without a permit. It also confiscates all X-Rays within the city, removing all evidence of government-sponsored violence. After the Events, the Gate remains closed. Thousands of people stand outside in the titular queue, awai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habib Abdulrab Sarori
Habib Abdulrab Sarori (born 1956) is a Yemeni computer scientist and novelist. He was born in Aden and pursued higher studies in France, obtaining a master's degree in Informatics from the University of Paris 6 in 1983, followed by a PhD from the University of Rouen in 1987. He is currently a professor in the Mathematical and Software Engineering Department at Rouen and also at INSA de Rouen. He has published numerous scientific papers over the last two decades. He is also the author of textbooks in computer science. Abdulrab has published literary works in both French and Arabic. His sole French-language novel, '' La reine étripée'', was published in 1998. Other works include '' Suslov's Daughter'' and his most recent novel, ''Arwa''. ''Suslov's Daughter'' was longlisted for the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and Darf Publishers published an English translation by Elisabeth Jaquette in 2017. His short story ''The Bird of Destruction'' was published in English tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rania Mamoun
Rania Ali Musa Mamoun (Arabic:رانيا مأمون) is a Sudanese fiction writer and journalist, known for her novels, poems and short stories. She was born in the city of Wad Medani in east-central Sudan and was educated at the University of Gezira. Career and literary achievements As a journalist, she has been active in both print media and television. In particular, she has edited the culture page of the journal ''al-Thaqafi'', has written a column for the newspaper ''al-Adwaa'' and presented a cultural programme on Gezira (state), Gezira State TV. As a literary author, Mamoun has published two novels in Arabic, ''Green Flash'' (2006) and ''Son of the Sun'' (2013), as well as a short story collection ''Thirteen Months of Sunrise'', which was translated into English by Elisabeth Jaquette. Her main characters in ''Green Flash'' are Ahmad and Nur, two Sudanese students in Cairo who are suffering from racism and injustice. According to literary critic Xavier Luffin, their discu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The National Book Awards were established in 1936 by the American Booksellers Association, "Books and Authors", ''The New York Times'', 1936-04-12, page BR12. "Lewis is Scornful of Radio Culture: Nothing Ever Will Replace the Old-Fashioned Book ...", ''The New York Times'', 1936-05-12, page 25. abandoned during World War II, and re-established by three book industry organizations in 1950. Non-U.S. authors and publishers were eligible for the pre-war awards. Now they are presented to U.S. authors for books published in the United States roughly during the award year. The nonprofit National Book Foundation was established in 1988 to administer and enhance the National Book Awards and "move beyond heminto the fields of edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banipal Prize For Arabic Literary Translation
The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arabic language. The prize was inaugurated in 2006 by the literary magazine ''Banipal'' which promotes the diffusion of contemporary Arabic literature through English translations and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature. It is administered by the Society of Authors in the UK (which runs a number of similar literary translation prizes), and the prize money is sponsored by Omar Saif Ghobash and his family in memory of Ghobash's late father Saif Ghobash. As of 2009, the prize money amounted to £3000. Winners and nominees = winner 2006 * Humphrey Davies: ''Gate of the Sun'' by Elias Khoury * Hala Halim: ''Clamor of the Lake'' by Mohamed el-Bisatie *Paul Starkey: ''Stones of Bobello'' by Edwar al-Kharrat Judges: Moris Farhi, Maya Jaggi, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
