Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World
Author(s): Samuel Shimon & Amin Maalouf
'Beirut39' is a Hay Festival project which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best young Arab writers as a centrepiece of the Beirut World Capital festivities in April 2010. Following the successful launch of 'Bogota 39', which identified many of the most interesting upcoming Latin American talents, including Wendy Guerra, Junot Diaz (Pulitzer Prize), Santiago Roncagliolo and Juan Gabriel Vasquez (short-listed for the IFFP), 'Beirut 39' will bring to worldwide attention the best work from the Arab world. The judges will select from more than 300 submissions and the writers' names will be unveiled in September 2009. The book will be published in English throughout the world (except the Arab world) by Bloomsbury, and in Arabic throughout the world and in English in the Arab World by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing.
General Information
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 01 February 2013
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 May 2012
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Samuel Shimon & Amin Maalouf
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 320
More About The Product
'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh
Beirut 39 is an amazing cultural initiative for talented young Arab writers. It offers them a vital platform to meet and interact, provides them with a prestigious international exposure, and allows their voices and writing talents to reach a well deserved wider audience. What better way to celebrate Beirut world capital of the book?' Tahar Ben jelloun 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh
Samuel Shimon is the editor of Banipal, the highly respected magazine of new Arab writing in English translation.
Amin Maalouf is the author of many works of fiction, including Leo the African Balthasar's Odyssey, and non-fiction, including The Crusades Through Arab Eyes and Origins: A Memoir.
