Hartmut Faehndrich
2009 Judge
Judge Profile:
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Hartmut Faehndrich studied Comparative Literature and Islamic Studies in Germany and the USA. He has been translating contemporary Arabic literature since the mid-1980s. 2008 saw him celebrating the translation of 50 novels and short stories from Arabic to German, mainly from Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Libya.