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Katara Prize for Arabic Novel

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Country
  
Qatar

Official website
  
[1]

First awarded
  
2015

Presented by
  
Katara (cultural village)

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. One of its sponsors is UNESCO. The winning novels will be translated into five languages.

Contents

The prize is split into two major categories: published and unpublished novels each of which will have five winners. For the published novels, the five winners will each receive $60,000 while five winners under unpublished category will each be awarded $30,000. Among the winners in each category, one will be chosen as the "drama" winner in which the winning works are guaranteed film adaptations. The drama winner in the published category will receive an additional $200,000.

Winners

- winner of the drama prize

2015

Sources:

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    • Unpublished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 Barjis (Jordan)
  • Abdul Jaleel Al Tuhami (Morocco)
  • Maisaloon Hadi (Iraq)
  • Zakaria Abu Maria (Morocco)
  • Samih Al Gabbas (Egypt)

    • References

    Katara Prize for Arabic Novel Wikipedia
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