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Hoda Barakat

Contemporary Lebanese and French novelist · Lebanon · On the map · Writers · Born 1952 · age 74

Hoda Barakat is a Lebanese novelist. She lived most of her early life in Beirut before moving to Paris, where she now resides. She has published six novels, two plays, a book of short stories, and a book of memoirs.

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Awards

International Prize for Arabic Fiction2019
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature2000
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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Her works are originally written in Arabic and have been translated into English, Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, and Greek.

Country
Lebanon
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74