Sector : Cultural Figures , Novelists

Личная информация

• Страна местожительства: Portugal

• Пол: Male

• Born in: 1951

• key_age: 75

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Информация

Biography

He was born to a family that had fled the town of Qaqun in occupied Palestine in 1948. He completed his preparatory education in his village and his secondary education at Attil Secondary School. He studied English Literature at the University of Jordan. He worked as a teacher in schools in Tulkarm. He earned a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of South Dakota in the United States. He lectured at Birzeit University until his death. He was imprisoned for two years for his membership in the Unified National Leadership during the First Intifada. He was elected Secretary-General of the National Gathering of Families of Palestinian Martyrs until his death. He was one of the founders of the Union of Palestinian Writers and served on its administrative and cultural bodies until he was elected its president, a position he held until his death. He was appointed Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information three months before his death. He translated international books into Arabic. He passed away in April 2003.

Novelistic output

• “The Edges,” 1993
• “Mount Nebo,” 1995
• “Abdullah al-Talali,” 1998
• “Al-Hallaj Comes at Night,” 2003

Other products

• “Who Knocks at the Door” (short stories), 1977
• “The Circles Are Orange” (short stories), 1991
• “The Search: A Continuous Rhythm” (short stories), 1997 •
“The Wave Breaks Free”
(short stories), 2001 • “Soldiers Who Don’t Like Butterflies” (short stories), 2003
• “The Night of December 7th” (texts), 2003
• “Cultural Media on Radio and Television,” 2006
• “What the Storytellers Said About the Alley” (short story collection), 2016

Other information (awards, seminars, hosting events, etc.):

• Freedom Prize from Norway
• Palestinian Writers Union Prize 1989 for the book “Prisoner”
• Palestine Prize for Fiction 1999 for the novel “Abdullah al-Talali”
• Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for freedom of thought 2001

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