UAE- Longlist announced for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016

1/12/2016 5:23:56 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

ABU DHABI 12th January 2016 (WAM) -- The International Prize for Arabic Fiction IPAF today revealed the longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2016 prize. Those selected were chosen from 159 entries from 18 countries all published within the last 12 months. The highest number of 2016 longlisted authors came from Egypt and Palestine.

Two of this year's longlisted authors have been shortlisted for the prize previously: Rabai al-Madhoun and Mohamed Mansi Qandil both appeared on the IPAF shortlist in 2010 with al-Madhoun's book The Lady from Tel Aviv now available in English translation from Telegram Books. Taleb Alrefai was also Chair of Judges for IPAF that year.

The list includes a number of younger writers and debut novelists. Three longlisted writers are under the age of 40 and first novels by Tareq Bakari and Abdennour Mezzine have been included. In addition two of the longlisted authorsMohamed Rabie and Shahla Ujaylihave previously participated in IPAF's annual 'nadwa' or writers' workshop for emerging writers with promise. Ujayli worked on a section of her longlisted book A Sky Close to Our House during the 2014 nadwa.

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