The “Katara Award” for Arabic Fiction in its 10th consultation (October 13-20) selected the Moroccan novelist Thami El Ouazzani as Particular person of the Yr, throughout the framework of an annual custom adopted via the award committee in celebrating an Arab literary determine who left a transparent mark within the technique of Arab literature, and within the context of the cultural 12 months. 2024, which brings in combination Qatar and Morocco.
A commentary from the Qatar Normal Basis for the Cultural Village (Katara) mentioned that the “Character of the Yr” match features a picture exhibition documenting crucial stations of Thami Al-Wazzani (1903-1972), along with a symposium that addresses the levels of construction of the Moroccan novel since its founding via the novelist Thami Al-Wazzani till now, which is held with the participation of… Abderrahim Allam, President of the Moroccan Writers Union, and Zohour Karam, a Moroccan novelist, critic, and educational.
The conversation highlighted that Thami Al-Wazzani represents a prominent manifestation of a complete highbrow. “For seventy years of his lifestyles, this self-made guy, who simplest won an ordinary training for 365 days, didn’t forestall writing in more than a few fields, because the genres of his writings most commonly ranged between historical past, biography, novels, and contemplative discourse.”
The Basis highlighted that the works of Thami Al-Wazzani, together with “The Historical past of Morocco” (1940), “Al-Zawiya” (1942), “Above the Deserts” (1943), “Silil al-Thaqalayn” (1950), “The Contemporary Bouquet” (1952), and “The Lightning Adventure” “(1958), as a complete, indicating his encyclopedism, the power of his perceptions, and his excellent artistry.
Alternatively, the Basis defined that the Katara Pageant for the Arabic Novel comprises more than a few cultural actions, together with the hole of the Katara E-book Truthful, in its 2d version, and organizing the signing rite for the successful books within the 9th consultation of the Katara Award for the Arabic Novel, together with novels translated into English and French, along with the Arabic language. Arabic, along with honoring the winners of the 9th version.
The winners can be venerated within the six award classes: revealed and unpublished novels, boys’ novels, unpublished historic novels, essential research, and Qatari novels.
The actions of the Katara Arabic Novel Pageant additionally come with discussion periods and workshops by which well known writers and critics take part. The signing ceremonies additionally come with numerous prominent publications lately issued via Katara Publishing Space and different Qatari publishing properties, giving readers the chance to satisfy their favourite authors and engage with them, selling the tradition of studying and inspiring exploration of the arena of literature.
Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, Director Normal of the Katara Cultural Village Basis, mentioned that the Katara Award for Arabic Novel took secure and assured steps, and inside ten years of its release, it accomplished nice achievements that intention to provide the Arabic novel its position within the Arab and global cultural scene.
He added that the Katara Prize for Novel, since its inception in 2014, has labored to consolidate the presence of prominent Arab novels within the Arab international and across the world, via launching numerous tasks that culminated within the classification via the Arab Instructional, Cultural and Medical Group (ALECSO) of the Normal Basis for the Cultural Village of Katara because the “Town of the Arab Novel” in November. 2023.
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2024-10-08 08:07:59