Jabbour Douaihy
Jabbour Douaihy (1949 – 23 June 2021) was a critically-acclaimed Lebanese writer, translator, and professor of literature. His novels were nominated four times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and he has also published translations, short story collections, and children's books. His work, mostly originally in Arabic, has been translated several languages, including English and French.
Jabbour Douaihy
- Born
- 1949
- Died
- 23 June 2021
- Birthplace
- Zgharta, Lebanon
- Education
- New Sorbonne University
- Nationality
- Lebanon
- Occupation
- writer · translator · literary critic · university teacher · novelist
- Languages
- French · Arabic
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Jabbour Douaihy (1949 – 23 June 2021) was a critically-acclaimed Lebanese writer, translator, and professor of literature. His novels were nominated four times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and he has also published translations, short story collections, and children's books. His work, mostly originally in Arabic, has been translated several languages, including English and French.
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Key facts
• Born — 1949 • Died — 23 June 2021 • Birthplace — Zgharta, Lebanon • Education — New Sorbonne University • Notable Works — * June Rain • Autumn Equinox
Life and education
Life and education
Douaihy was born in Zgharta, Lebanon in 1949 and was a member of the city's prominent El Douaihy family. He obtained a PhD in comparative literature from the New Sorbonne University and served a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University of Tripoli. He was also known for mentoring younger writers, such as through the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa.
Novels
Novels
By date of publication in Arabic. • 1995: Iitidal al-kharif English: Autumn Equinox, translated by Nay Youssef Hannawi (University of Arkansas Press, 2001) • 1998: Rayya an-nahr (Rayya of the River) • 1998: L'Âme de la forêt (The Soul of the Forest); a tale for children written in French (Éditions Hatem) • 2002: Ayn Warda (Rose Fountain) • 2006: Matar Hzayran English: June Rain, translated by Paula Haydar (Interlink, 2014) • 2010: Charid al-manazel English: Firefly, translated by Paula Haydar and Nadine Sinno (Seagull, 2022); also known as Chased Away and The Vagrant • 2013: Hayy Al Amerkan English: The American Neighborhood, translated by Paula Haydar (Bloomsbury Qatar, 2014); reissued as The American Quarter (Interlink, 2018) • 2016: Toubi’a fi Bayrut English: Printed in Beirut, translated by Paula Haydar (Interlink, 2018) • 2019: Malak al-Hind English: The King of India, translated by Paula Haydar (Interlink, 2022) • 2021: Summon fi al hawa’ English: Poison in the Air, translated by Paula Haydar (Interlink, 2023)
Translations into Arabic by Jabbour Douaihy
Translations into Arabic by Jabbour Douaihy
Source: • Amin Maalouf's In the Name of Identity (2004) • Dominique Vidal's Israel's Origin Sin: The expulsion of the Palestinians re-examined by the New Historians (2002) • Hubert Vedrine's France in an Age of Globalization (2001) and History Strikes Back (2007) • Carole Dagher's Men Who Make Peace (1994)
Book chapters
Book chapters
• "St. Jerome as the representation of melancholy." In Reflections on Islamic Art, ed. by Ahdaf Soueif. Doha, Qatar: Muslim of Islamic Art, 2011.
Death
Death
On 23 July 2021 Douaihy died after a long illness.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1949
Jabbour Douaihy born at Zgharta.
2021
Jabbour Douaihy died at Ehden.
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Critical reception
Academic and translator Paula Haydar describes Jabbour as "a master of detail" in his writing. Douaihy was nominated four times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the most prestigious literary award in the Arab region. He was shortlisted three times and longlisted once. He is one of only five authors to have received such repeated recognition by this award. His 2008 novel June Rain was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize and has been translated into several languages. His last novel, The King of India, was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2020. The Vagrant and The American Neighborhood were also nominated for the Arabic Booker. The Vagrant was also awarded Institut du Monde Arabe's 2013 annual award for the best Arabic novel translated into French. His work has also received awards and award nominations in translation. Autumn Equinox (2001) was the first of Douaihy's novels to be translated into English, by Nay Youssef Hannawi, and it won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award. Paula Haydar's translation of June Rain was runner-up for the Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation in 2014. He has also been translated into French by Stephanie Dujols. A book-length critical analysis of his work was published in 2021 under the title Jabbour Douaihy: Novelist of Lebanese Life."
Short story collections
• 1990: Al mawt bayn al ahli nou’as (To Die Among One's Own Is to Sleep)
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- 1.الروائي الدكتور جبور الشيخا الدويهي في ذمة الله. Lebanon24.
- 2.Interview with NOW Lebanon.
- 3.Jabbour Douaihy. Words Without Borders.
- 4.Jabbour Douaihy 1949 – 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. www.arabicfiction.org. 29 July 2021.
- 5.Paula Haydar on the Tightrope of Translating Award-winning Novelist Jabbour Douaihy. ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2017-07-27.
- 6.Author profile on the IPAF website
- 7.Translation of Arabic Literature Award University of Arkansas. fulbright.uark.edu.
- 8.Sfeir, Almaza. LibGuides: Jabbour Douaihy 1949–2021: Books by Douaihy. libguides.usek.edu.lb.
- 9.صدور كتاب: جبُّور الدُّويهي، روائيُّ الحياة اللبنانيَّة. ua.edu.lb.
- 10.جبّور الدّويهي 'روائيّ الحياة اللبنانيّة'. حوار وتحيّة من 'الأنطونيّة'. annahar.com.
- 11.إلى جبور الدويهي الذي تقصّى مكونات اللبنانية . تحية مصوّرة. www.innlebanon.com.
- 12.DOUAIHY Jabbour R A Y A agency for Arabic literature.
- 13.Duwayhī, Jabbūr. Autumn equinox. University of Arkansas Press. 2001. 1-55728-707-4.
- 14.Douaihy, Jabbour. Printed in Beirut. Interlink Books. 2018. 978-1-62371-990-6.
- 15.Reflections on Islamic art. 2011. 978-99921-42-60-8.
- 16.Soueif, Ahdaf. Reflections. Bloomsbury USA. 2012-05-22. 978-99921-42-80-6.
- 17.Mlynxqualey. Celebrating Author Jabbour Douaihy (1949-2021) and Publisher Fares Sassine (1947-2021). Arablit & Arablit Quarterly. 25 July 2021.
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