Said Khatibi
Said Khatibi is an Algerian award winning writer.
Also recorded as Saïd Khatibi
Said Khatibi
- Name
- Said Khatibi
- Born
- 1984
- Birthplace
- Algeria
- Occupation
- Writer, journalist
- Awards
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award (2020), International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2026) Said Khatibi is an Algerian award winning writer.
- Honours
- Ibn Battuta Prize for Travel Literature · Arab Journalism Award · Sheikh Zayed Book Award · Katara Prize for Arabic Novel · International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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• Name — Said Khatibi • Native Name — سعيد خطيبي • Born — 1984 • Birthplace — Algeria • Occupation — Writer, journalist • Language — Arabic, French • Notable Works — Firewood of Sarajevo, The Inflamed Garden • Awards — Sheikh Zayed Book Award (2020), International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2026) Said Khatibi is an Algerian award winning writer.
Biography
Biography
Khatibi was born in Bou Saâda in 1984. He studied at the University of Algiers and at the Sorbonne. He lives in Slovenia.
Works
Works
• The Book of Faults (kitab al-khataya), novel, 2013 • The Gardens of the East Afflamed (jana’in al-sharq al-multahiba), travel in the Balkans, 2015 • Forty Years Waiting for Isabel, novel, 2016 • Firewood of Sarajevo, novel, 2018 • Swimming Against the Tide, novel, 2025
Translations
Translations
Forty Years Waiting for Isabel was translated into Spanish by Noemi Fierro Bandera. Firewood of Sarajevo and The End of the Sahara have both been translated into English. Khatibi has also translated the poetry of Kateb Yacine, and a volume of Algerian short stories into French.
Awards
2017- Forty Years Waiting for Isabelle won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel 2020- Firewood of Sarajevo was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023- The End of the Desert won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Young Author 2026- Swimming Against the Tide won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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