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Egyptian authors shortlisted for literary prize
ABU DHABI- Egyptians Bahaa Taher and Mekkawi Said are the best known of six authors whose books have been shortlisted for the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Each of the shortlisted authors will receive $10,000. The winner, whose name will be announced on March 10 in Abu Dhabi, will receive an additional $50,000.
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction was officially launched in Abu Dhabi in April 2007. It is the result of a collaborative effort by the Booker Prize Foundation, the Emirates Foundation and the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue, whose aim was to develop a dedicated prize for Arabic fiction, said Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Managing Director of the Emirates Foundation.‘
A steering committee of Arab literary experts, publishers and journalists was established to advise on the set-up of the prize and its independent board of trustees, whose members have been drawn from across the Arab and Anglophone worlds, and are responsible for the overall management of the prize. The Emirates Foundation pledged its financial and substantive support for the initiative.
‘The purpose of the prize is to secure recognition, reward and readership for outstanding Arabic fiction,’ said Jonathan Taylor, chairman of the Booker Foundation and also chairman of the board of trustees of the Arabic prize. ‘A further objective is to ensure translation and publication.’‘
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