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| Source: Katara. The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) made prize-winning works available at the Doha International Book Fair. |
The
Cultural Village Foundation-Katara, a platinum sponsor of the 27th edition of the
Doha International Book Fair, showcased 28 publications that have won Katara’s
Prize for Arabic Novel at the expo.
The winning novels include translated copies of English and French publications as well as the work of Qatari novelists Shama Al-Kuwari and Ahmad AbdulMalek, which were distributed free to readers.
Winners of the second
Prize for Arabic Novel included:
In the published category, Ibrahim
Nasr Allah for Kilmanjaro Souls, Ilyas Khori for Sons of Gitto, Eman Hamedan
for Fifty Grams of Heaven, Nasser Iraq for Al Azbakia, and Yahia Yakhalf
for Wind Rider.
In the unpublished category, Salmi Al-Nasser for Blue Tongues,
Saad Mohamed Raheem for Desire Banks, Ali Ahmad Al-Rifai for Mero Family Genes, Mohamed Al-Gharbi Omran for Heights Queen, and Mostafa Al-Hamdawi for Princess Shadows.
Katara's
prizes for research and studies went to Dr Ibrahim Al-Hajri, Dr
Hassan Al-Mowadn, Dr Hossam Safan, Dr Zohor Karam and Dr Mohamed Abo
Azza.
Nasser Iraq wrote the
best drama in the published category, which was awarded US$200,000, while Ali Ahmad Al-Rifai took home US$100,000 for the best drama in the unpublished category. The top five published submissions were also awarded US$60,000 each, while the top five
unpublished submissions received US$30,000 each.
The
top five unpublished studies from the research, evaluation and
literary criticism category were each awarded US$15,000. The top five unpublished young-adult novels won US$10,000 each.
Five awarded authors from the first
Katara prize for Arabic Novel from the non-published novels category were also present to sign their works throughout the event.
The
Doha International Book Fair had
Read as its theme. Four hundred and ninety publishers from 33 countries presented more than 104,000 books, including 15,219 new titles.
