Fawwaz Haddad (

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: فواز حدّاد) (born 1947) is a Syrian novelist. He was born in Damascus and studied law at

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.Interview in Syria Today, May 2009
/ref> He held several jobs before taking up writing full-time. Haddad published his first novel ''Mosaic, Damascus '39'' in 1991. Since then he has written several more, including ''A Fleeting Scene'', ''The Unfaithful Translator'', ''A Solo Performance on Piano'' and ''God's Soldiers''. ''The Unfaithful Translator'' was nominated for the 2009

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while ''God's Soldiers'' was selected for the longlist of the 2011 prize, although it failed to make it on to the eventual shortlist. Excerpts of Haddad's work have been translated to English and published in

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magazine. The

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scholar and translator

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is currently translating Haddad's 2009 novel ''A Solo Performance on Piano''.

Works

* ''Mosaic, Damascus '39'' (1991) * ''Teatro 1949'' (1994) * ''Al-Risala al-Akhira'' (''The Last Letter'') (1994) * ''Surat al-Rawee'' (''The Image of the Narrator'') (1998) * ''Al-Walad al-Jahel'' (''The Ignorant Child''), (2000) * ''Al-Daghina wa al-Hawa'' (''Rancor and Affection'') (2001) * ''Mersal al-Gharam'' (''The Love Messenger'') (2004) * ''Mashhad 'Aber'' (''A Fleeting Scene'') (2007) * ''Al-Mutarjim al-Kha'in'' (''The Unfaithful Translator'') (2008) * ''Azef Munfared 'ala al-Piano'' (''A Solo Performance on Piano'') (2009) * ''God's Soldiers'' (2010)

References

1947 births Living people Syrian novelists Damascus University alumni Writers from Damascus 20th-century Syrian writers {{Syria-writer-stub