The Public Institution for Cultural Village in Qatar (Katara) announced yesterday, Monday, a list of the nine best works participating in the tenth session of the “Katara” Prize for Arabic Novel, including Moroccan novels and critical studies.
The list includes the categories of published and unpublished novels, unpublished novels for young people, and unpublished critical studies, totaling 36 novels and critical studies, eligible to win the Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel.
According to a statement by the foundation, the list of 9 in the unpublished novels category included novelists from seven Arab countries, led by Morocco with three novels: “There is a Mirror That Does Not Reflect Its Shadow” by Abdelghani Haddadi, “Through the Wounds” by Shaima Rouam, and “Absurdity” by Yassin Kani; in addition to one novel from each of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania.
The list of 9 in the category of unpublished young adult novels includes novelists from seven Arab countries, including Morocco with the novel “Asylum to the Grey Planet” by Horiyat al-Zil, in addition to Egypt with 3 novels, and one novel each from Kuwait, the Emirates, Algeria, Jordan, and Syria.
The list of 9 in the category of unpublished critical studies includes critics from seven Arab countries, led by Morocco with three critical studies: “Imagining Identity in the Arab Novel” by Bouchaib Al-Sawri, “The Rhetorical Interpretation of the Novel: Problems and Applications” by Hassan Al-Tawil, and “The Arab Novel and Collective Memory” by Zohair Soukah; in addition to one study from each of Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Iraq, Algeria, and Tunisia.
As for the list of 9 in the historical novels category, it included novelists from four Arab countries, including Morocco with two studies: “Hajeb Al Sultan” by Salah Al Din Aqarqar, and “Al Istibtaq fi Diyafa Al Ashqa” by Muhammad Mubarak; in addition to Egypt with four novels, followed by Iraq with two novels and then one novel from Jordan.
The list of 9 novels in the published novels category included novelists from six Arab countries, led by Egypt with four novels, and one novel each from Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon.
It is worth noting that the number of entries in the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel in its tenth session for the year 2024 amounted to 1697 entries. The number of unpublished novels participating in this session amounted to about 886 novels, while the number of published novels amounted to 437 novels, published in 2023, and 177 entries in the category of unpublished novels for young people, and 91 entries in the category of unpublished studies; in addition to 7 published Qatari novels, and 99 unpublished historical novels in the sixth category of the award.
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2024-08-14 23:03:23