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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) has announced the names of the winners of its tenth cycle (2015-2016). The award ceremony will take place on May 1, 2016 alongside the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, where the winner of the Cultural Personality of the Year award will receive a prize of AED 1,000,000, a medal, and a certificate of merit. Each of the winners of the Award’s other categories will receive AED 750,000, a gold medal and a certificate of merit:
Contribution to the Development of Nations Award: Al-Sarab (The Mirage) by Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi from UAE, published by The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, 2015.
Literature Award: Ma Wara’a al-Kitaba (Beyond Writing) by Egyptian novelist Ibrahim Abdelmeguid, published in 2014 by Al-Dar Al-Masriyah Al-Lubnaniyah, Cairo.
There were 1,169 nominations from 33 countries for the current cycle, 120 of which made it to the long list.
Contribution to the Development of Nations Award: Al-Sarab (The Mirage) by Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi from UAE, published by The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, 2015.
The study focuses on the emergence of politicised religious groups and conducts a multilevel analysis of their religious thought and political ideologies The study also seeks to provide an understanding of the obstacles hindering development, modernisation, and progress in the Arab World.
Literature Award: Ma Wara’a al-Kitaba (Beyond Writing) by Egyptian novelist Ibrahim Abdelmeguid, published in 2014 by Al-Dar Al-Masriyah Al-Lubnaniyah, Cairo.
The book narrates the author’s experiences on which his novels were based and provides a creative view of the political, social and cultural contexts within which the books were written.
Literary and Art Criticism Award went to Al-Fikr al-Adabi al-‘Arabi (Arabic Literary Thought) by the Moroccan writer Said Yaktine, published in 2014 by Difaf Publishing, Beirut.
Literary and Art Criticism Award went to Al-Fikr al-Adabi al-‘Arabi (Arabic Literary Thought) by the Moroccan writer Said Yaktine, published in 2014 by Difaf Publishing, Beirut.
The study combines between theory and practice in contemporary criticism in Arabic and is both comprehensive in coverage and innovative in approach.
Translation Award: the translation by the Iraqi Keyan Yahya of The Meaning of Meaning by Ogden and Richards. The translation was published in 2015 by Dar al-Kitab al-Jadeed, Beirut.
Translation Award: the translation by the Iraqi Keyan Yahya of The Meaning of Meaning by Ogden and Richards. The translation was published in 2015 by Dar al-Kitab al-Jadeed, Beirut.
This is the first translation of the book in Arabic after more than ninety years of its publication. The study is a landmark in the philosophy of language.
Arab Culture in Other Languages Award: Angles et Grandeur by Egyptian author Roshdi Rashed, published in 2015 by the Walter De Gruyter, Berlin.
Arab Culture in Other Languages Award: Angles et Grandeur by Egyptian author Roshdi Rashed, published in 2015 by the Walter De Gruyter, Berlin.
The study discusses the concept of angle and its relation to Archimedean and non-Archimedean theories of measurement, tracing the history of discussions from Euclid to Kamal al-Din al-Farisi. The volume presents first editions of over twenty texts, either in Arabic or Greek by the greatest mathematicians and philosophers of the time. The texts are translated into French and supplemented with extensive commentary.
Publishing and Technology Award: Dar Al-Saqi.
Publishing and Technology Award: Dar Al-Saqi.
This UK-based publishing house has adopted a broad-minded cultural project approach. It has published non-fiction in thought, science, and art. Several of its publications have won awards in various categories covered by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
There were no awards given out for the Children’s Literature or Young Author categories as judges felt the shortlist did not meet the Award’s standards.
There were no awards given out for the Children’s Literature or Young Author categories as judges felt the shortlist did not meet the Award’s standards.
The Cultural Personality of the Year remains to be announced.
There were 1,169 nominations from 33 countries for the current cycle, 120 of which made it to the long list.
Interested?
Read the Suroor Asia blog posts about the SZBA shortlists for:
Arab Culture and Publishing;
Literary and Arts Studies;
Literature and Children's Literature; and
Development of Nations and Translation
Arab Culture and Publishing;
Literary and Arts Studies;
Literature and Children's Literature; and
Development of Nations and Translation