Tag: Noor Naga

  • Noor Naga is Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024 finalist

    Noor Naga is Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024 finalist

    Noor Naga’s novel Come Dividere una Pesca is a finalist for Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2024; the announcement was made on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Gregor von Rezzori was a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays, as well as an actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic, and art collector. He passed away in…

  • Noor Naga wins at Arab American Book Awards 2023

    Noor Naga wins at Arab American Book Awards 2023

    Noor Naga’s novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English was named a winner at the Arab American Book Awards 2023 on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. The Arab American Book Awards, presented by the Arab American National Museum in the USA, honour books written by and about Arab Americans. Winners and honourable mentions are presented annually…

  • Noor Naga, Wole Soyinka honoured at Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022

    Noor Naga, Wole Soyinka honoured at Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022

    Noor Naga and Wole Soyinka were honoured at the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 awards on December 6, 2022. The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York, USA since 2006. It recognizes the year’s best debut novel as…

  • Noor Naga, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 shortlist.

    Noor Naga, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 shortlist.

    Noor Naga and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan are on the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 announced on September 28, 2022. The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York, USA since 2006. It recognizes the year’s best…

  • Noor Naga is the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner.

    Noor Naga is the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner.

    Noor Naga was announced the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner for her manuscript American Girl and Boy from Shobrakheit on September 12, 2019. US-based Graywolf Press has published some of the best writers from Africa like Nuruddin Farah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Anouar Benmalek. They founded the Graywolf Press Africa Prize in 2018…