Eissa Nasiri and Ahmed al-Morsi are on the shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2024 was announced today, Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction is the most prestigious literary prize in the Arab world. It aims to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the readership of high-quality Arabic literature internationally through the translation and publication of winning and shortlisted novels in other major languages. Previous winners include Bahaa Taher (2008), Yusuf Zeydan (2009), Abdo Khal (2010), Mohammed Achaari (2011), Rabee Jaber (2012), Saud Alsanousi (2013), Ahmed Saadawi (2014), Shukri Mabkhout (2015), Rabai al-Madhoun (2016), Mohammed Hasan Alwan (2017), Ibrahim Nasrallah (2018), Hoda Barakat (2019), and Mohamed Alnaas (2022).
The jury for 2024 is chaired by Syrian writer Nabil Suleiman alongside Palestinian writer, researcher, and academic Sonia Nimr, Czech academic František Ondráš, Egyptian critic and journalist Mohamed Shoair, and Sudanese writer and journalist Hammour Ziada. They announced the longlist for 2024, from 133 submissions that were published in Arabic between July 2022 and June 2023, on Thursday, December 14.
Today’s shortlist has six writers; here are the Africans, and the Palestinians, in the running for this prize;
- Gambling on the Honour of Lady Mitsy, Ahmed Al Morsi, Dar Dawen, Egypt
- The Mosaicist, Eissa Nasiri, Masciliana, Morocco
- A Mask, the Colour of the Sky, Basim Khandaqji, Dar al-Adab, Palestine
- The Seventh Heaven of Jerusalem, Osama Al-Eissa, Palestine
The winner will be made public with a ceremony in April 2024.
An analysis of the announcement can be found with our friends at Arablit.org by clicking here.
Watch the announcement below;
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