Katara Prize for Arabic Novel

Katara Prize for Arabic Novel
Country	Qatar
Presented by	Katara (cultural village)
First awarded	2015
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The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize based in Qatar. It was established in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village. The total prize pool is $650,000 and the main prize $200,000, making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.[1][2][3] One of its sponsors is UNESCO.[4] The winning novels will be translated into five languages - including French and English.

The prize was originally split into two major categories: published and unpublished novels each of which had five winners. More recently prizes were added for research/literary criticism and for young adult unpublished novels. For the published novels, the five winners originally received $60,000 while five winners under unpublished category were each awarded $30,000. Among the winners in each category, one was be chosen as the "drama" winner in which the winning works are guaranteed film adaptations. The drama winner in the published category received an additional $200,000.

Winners

- winner of the drama prize

2015

Sources: [5][4]

Published

Amir Tag El Sir, 366 (Sudan)
Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid, Adagio (Egypt)
Muneera Sawar, Ongoing (Bahrain)
Nasira Al Sadoun, Escaping the Vortex (Iraq)
Waciny Laredj, Butterfly Kingdom (Algeria)

Unpublished

Jalal Barjes (Jordan)
Abdul Jaleel Al Tuhami (Morocco)
Maisaloon Hadi (Iraq)
Zakaria Abu Maria (Morocco)
Samih Al Gabbas (Egypt)

2016

Salmi Nasser, Blue Tongues (ISBN 9789927126185)
Ali Al Refaei, Mero Family Genes (ISBN 9789927126192)
Mustapha El Hamdaoui, Princess Shadow (ISBN 9789927126178)
Saad Mohammed Raheem, Shadows of a Body (ISBN 9789927126314)
Nasser Iraq, Al-Azbakia (ISBN 9789927126338)

2017

Prize for Published Novel - $60,000 each

Said Khatibi, Forty Years Awaiting Isabel
Sameha Kheres, Fostoq Abeed
Shaker Noori, Khatoon Baghdad
Hoshank Osi, The Plight of the Questions and the Lust of Imagination
Mohamed Barada, Mawt Mokhtalif

Prize for Unpublished Novel - $30,000 each

Husein Al-Sakaf, False Face Statue
Taha Mohamed Taha, The Apple Tree
Abdelwahab Eisawi, Safar Amal Al-Manseyen
Mohamed Al-Meer Ghalib, Shahd Al-Maqaber
Mona Al-Shimi, Watan Al-Jeeb Al-Khalfi

Research-Literary Criticism - $10,000 each

Dr. Al-Basheer Dayfallah
Dr. Khalid Ali Al-Yas
Dr. Abdelhamid Al-Hossami
Dr. Mostafa Al-Nahal
Dr. Youssef Youssef

Prize for Young Adult Unpublished Novels - $10,000 each

Ahmad Shehata, Jabal Al-Khorafat
Ghamar Mahmoud, Babel’s Mirror
Kauther Al-Gondi, Seren’s Notebook
Moneera Al-Darwai, It is not a Condition to be a Superhero to Succeed
Nasr Sami, Al-Taer Al-Bashari

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References

Marcia Lynx Qualey (May 2015). "Arabic sci-fi and other literary revolutions". Aljazeera. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Mlynxqualey (March 21, 2014). "Details of New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Revealed". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Lana Asfour (January 15, 2015). "Longlist announced for international "Arabic Booker" fiction prize". Al-Araby. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
"A prize with a view". Al-Ahram. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Mlynxqualey (May 21, 2015). "Qatar's New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Gets Relatively Quiet Launch". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.

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[1] Marcia Lynx Qualey (May 2015). "Arabic sci-fi and other literary revolutions". Aljazeera. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[2] Mlynxqualey (March 21, 2014). "Details of New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Revealed". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[3] Lana Asfour (January 15, 2015). "Longlist announced for international "Arabic Booker" fiction prize". Al-Araby. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[ahram-4] "A prize with a view". Al-Ahram. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[5] Mlynxqualey (May 21, 2015). "Qatar's New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Gets Relatively Quiet Launch". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.