Alawiya Sobh

Alawiya Sobh
Born Alawiya Sobh
Beirut, Lebanon
Occupation Writer and Novelist
Nationality Lebanese
Education English & Arabic Literature
Alma mater Lebanese University

Alawiya Sobh (Arabic: علوية صبح) (born 1955) is a Lebanese writer and author.[1]

Life and career

Born in Beirut, Sobh studied English & Arabic Literature at the Lebanese University.[2] Upon graduation in 1978, she pursued a career in teaching. She also began publishing articles and short stories, at first in An-Nida newspaper and then in An-Nahar. After a spell as cultural editor, she became editor-in-chief of Al-Hasnaa, a popular Arabic women's magazine, in 1986. In the early 1990s, she became editor-in-chief of women's magazine Snob Al-Hasnaa’ and remains to be its editor-in-chief to date.[3]

In 2009, Sobh served on the judging panel of the Beirut39 competition.[4]

Works

Short Stories

Novels

Translated Works

Maryam: Keeper of Stories was translated into English by Seagull Books,[5] into French by Gallimard[6] and into German by Suhrkamp.[7]

Dunya was translated into Italian by Mondadori.[8]

It's Called Love was translated into Italian by Mondadori[9] and into Romanian by Polirom.[10]

Reception

Sobh's work has been critically acclaimed.[11][12] For her literary accomplishments and innovative writing, Sobh received the Sultan Qaboos prize in Oman in 2007.[13] Her novels Dunya and It's Called Love were long-listed for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2008[14] and 2010,[15] respectively. In 2016, an eponymous award dubbed the "Alawiya Sobh Literary critique Award" was launched at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tétouan for participants whose critiques center around Sobh's work.[16]

References


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