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Mohammed Hasan Alwan
A Small Death

Winner 2017

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)

A Small Death

Mohammed Hasan Alwan

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Longlist

  • Hot Maroc
    Yassin Adnan
  • One Room Is Not Enough
    Sultan Al Ameemi
  • The Witches' Resort
    Amir Tag Elsir
  • Index
    Sinan Antoon
  • Swastika
    Ali Ghadeer
  • Days of Dust
    Zuheir al-Hiti
  • The North Africans
    Abdul-Kareem Jouaity
  • The Slaughter of the Philosophers
    Taissier Khalaf
  • Paolo
    Youssef Rakha
  • The Year of the Radio
    Renée Hayek

Shortlist

  • The Slave Pens
    Najwa Binshatwan
  • Al-Sabiliat
    Ismail Fahd Ismail
  • Children of the Ghetto – My Name is Adam
    Elias Khoury
  • In the Spider's Room
    Mohammed Abdel Nabi
  • The Bookseller's Murder
    Saad Mohammed Raheem

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  • Sophia Vasalou
  • Sahar ElMougy
  • Fatima al-Haji
  • Saleh Almani
  • Sahar Khalifeh (Chair of Judges)

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One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages.

  • 29/07/2021

    Jabbour Douaihy 1949 - 2021

    IPAF is deeply saddened to hear of the death of the Lebanese writer Jabbour Douaihy and sends sincere condolences to his family and loved ones. Jabbour Douaihy was once...

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  • 10/06/2021

    Interview with 2021 Winner Jalal Barjas

    How did it feel to win? It was a different kind of feeling that made me take a few minutes for myself and listen to the voices of the characters that made up Notebooks of the...

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  • 25/05/2021

    Notebooks of the Bookseller wins 2021 International Pr...

    Jordanian poet and novelist Jalal Barjas wins 14th edition of International Prize for Arabic Fiction, having been previously longlisted for the prize in 2019 His novel tells...

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