Born in Beirut, Sobh studied English & Arabic Literature at the Lebanese University.[2] Upon graduation in 1978, she pursued a career in teaching. She also began publishing articles and short stories, at first in An-Nida newspaper and then in An-Nahar. After a spell as cultural editor, she became editor-in-chief of Al-Hasnaa, a popular Arabic women's magazine, in 1986. In the early 1990s, she became editor-in-chief of women's magazine Snob Al-Hasnaa’.[3] In 2009, Sobh served on the judging panel of the Beirut39 competition.[4]
Sobh is now dedicating her time only to writing.
Worksedit
Short Stories
Slumber of Days (1986)
Novels (All novels were published originally at Dar Al Adab in their native Arabic language)
2002 - Maryam Al-Hakaya (Maryam: Keeper of the Stories)
Dunya was translated into Italian by Mondadori.[8]
Ismuhu Al-Gharam was translated into Italian by Mondadori[9] and into Romanian by Polirom.[10]
Reception of workedit
Sobh's work has been critically acclaimed and is the subject of numerous doctoral works and literary studies.[11][12] For her literary accomplishments and innovative writing, Sobh received the Sultan Qaboos prize in Oman in 2007.[13] Her novels Dunya and Ismuhu Al-Gharam were long-listed for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2008[14] and 2010,[15] respectively. In 2016, an eponymous award dubbed the "Alawiya Sobh Literary critique Award" was launched at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tétouan for participants whose critiques center around Sobh's work.[16]Maryam: Keeper of Stories was short-listed in 2019 for the EBRD Literature Prize.[17] Sobh's cumulative work then proceeded to earn her the Al Owais Award in 2019 for the category of "Stories: Novels and Drama".[18] Most recently in 2021, An Taashak Al-Hayat made the three-book short-list in Sheikh Zayed Book Award's Literature section.[19]
Referencesedit
^. www.arabicfiction.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
alawiya, sobh, arabic, علوية, صبح, born, 1955, lebanese, writer, author, bornbeirut, lebanonoccupationwriter, novelistnationalitylebaneseeducationenglish, arabic, literaturealma, materlebanese, university, contents, biography, works, reception, work, reference. Alawiya Sobh Arabic علوية صبح born 1955 is a Lebanese writer and author 1 Alawiya SobhBornAlawiya SobhBeirut LebanonOccupationWriter and NovelistNationalityLebaneseEducationEnglish amp Arabic LiteratureAlma materLebanese University Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Reception of work 4 ReferencesBiography editBorn in Beirut Sobh studied English amp Arabic Literature at the Lebanese University 2 Upon graduation in 1978 she pursued a career in teaching She also began publishing articles and short stories at first in An Nida newspaper and then in An Nahar After a spell as cultural editor she became editor in chief of Al Hasnaa a popular Arabic women s magazine in 1986 In the early 1990s she became editor in chief of women s magazine Snob Al Hasnaa 3 In 2009 Sobh served on the judging panel of the Beirut39 competition 4 Sobh is now dedicating her time only to writing Works editShort Stories Slumber of Days 1986 Novels All novels were published originally at Dar Al Adab in their native Arabic language 2002 Maryam Al Hakaya Maryam Keeper of the Stories 2006 Dunya Life 2009 Ismuhu Al Gharam It s Called Passion 2020 An Taashak Al Hayat To Love Life Translations Maryam Al Hayaka was translated into English by Seagull Books 5 into French by Gallimard 6 and into German by Suhrkamp 7 Dunya was translated into Italian by Mondadori 8 Ismuhu Al Gharam was translated into Italian by Mondadori 9 and into Romanian by Polirom 10 Reception of work editSobh s work has been critically acclaimed and is the subject of numerous doctoral works and literary studies 11 12 For her literary accomplishments and innovative writing Sobh received the Sultan Qaboos prize in Oman in 2007 13 Her novels Dunya and Ismuhu Al Gharam were long listed for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2008 14 and 2010 15 respectively In 2016 an eponymous award dubbed the Alawiya Sobh Literary critique Award was launched at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan for participants whose critiques center around Sobh s work 16 Maryam Keeper of Stories was short listed in 2019 for the EBRD Literature Prize 17 Sobh s cumulative work then proceeded to earn her the Al Owais Award in 2019 for the category of Stories Novels and Drama 18 Most recently in 2021 An Taashak Al Hayat made the three book short list in Sheikh Zayed Book Award s Literature section 19 References edit Alawiya Arabic Fiction www arabicfiction org Archived from the original on 2011 10 02 Retrieved 2016 01 28 Gropp Lewis Telling Stories to Survive Mondadori Biography Retrieved 1 July 2016 Hay Festival Archived from the original on 2017 07 16 Maryam Maryam ou Le passe decompose Marjams Geschichten Dunya translated into Italian Il suo nome e passione It s Called Passion in Romanian Archived from the original on 2016 08 15 Banipal s biography of Alawiya Sobh Retrieved 1 July 2016 International Journal of Euro Mediterranean Studies PDF Alawiya Sobh It s Called Love long listed Arabic Booker Prize longlist 2010 Archived from the original on 2012 02 02 جائزة علوية صبح في النقد الروائي في سلسلة بصمات إبداعية في المغرب Retrieved 1 July 2016 EBRD Literature Prize Al Owais Award Sheikh Zayed Book Awards Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alawiya Sobh amp oldid 1194673084, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
