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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Faisal Darraj is a Palestinian critic, writer and researcher. He was born in Al-Ja'una, east of Safed, in 1943.
Academic study
studied philosophy at the University of Damascus; He obtained a PhD in Philosophy from France in 1974, the subject of which is alienation between Marx and Hegel.
practical and cultural life
He worked in several intellectual and cultural publications and magazines, including:
Palestinian affairs
The Harvest of Arab Thought Series, co-authored with Ihsan Abbas and Wedad Al-Qadi
Cases and Testimonies, Destinies of the Political Party in the Arab World, in collaboration with Abd al-Rahman Munif and Saadallah Wannous
He has published a number of books, the most important of which are: Memory of the Oppressed, Significance of the Narrative Relationship, Novel and Interpretation of History, Novel Theory and the Arabic Novel, Retreating Modernity.
as work:
Professor at the Higher Institute for Dramatic Studies at Damascus University 1997-1999
Director of the Research and Studies Department at the Arab Center for Strategic Studies - Damascus 1996-2002
Arbitrator in many Arab awards, including the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Achievements and Awards
awards
He won the Best Arabic Book Award 2002, for his book (The Theory of the Novel and the Arabic Novel).
Cultural Creativity Award for the State of Palestine - 2004.
The Literary and Critical Studies Award in 2010 and the Mahmoud Dawish Award for Creativity in 2022.
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