The Institute of the Arab World (IMA) and the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation announced on Wednesday the launch of the call for applications for the 10th edition of the Prize for Arab Literature, one of the rare French awards distinguishing the creation Arabic literature.
Created in 2013 and endowed with 10,000 euros, the Prize for Arabic Literature promotes the work (novel or collection of short stories) of a writer from the Arab League, author of a work written in Arabic and translated into French (or directly written in French) and self-published between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022.
The selection of the six to eight finalist works will be announced at the beginning of September. The works selected will be submitted to the members of the jury – made up of eminent personalities from the world of media, arts and culture, as well as specialists from the Arab world – who will then meet to designate the winner, specify the organizers in a press release. .
Since its creation by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the Arab World Institute, the Arab Literature Prize has been awarded in 2013 to Jabbour Douaihy (Lebanon), in 2015 to Mohammed Hasan Alwan (Saudi Arabia), in 2016 to Inaam Kachachi (Iraq), in 2019 to Mohammed Abdelnabi (Egypt), in 2020 to Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (Sudan) and in 2021 to Jokha Alharthi (Oman) for his novel The Celestial Bodies. The submission of applications is open until June 30, 2022. For works scheduled for publication following June 30, 2022, publishers may, initially, only send the Foundation the proofs.
It should be remembered that the Arab World Institute was designed to establish strong and lasting links between cultures in order to cultivate a genuine dialogue between the Arab world, France and Europe. This multidisciplinary space is a privileged place for the development of cultural projects, often designed in collaboration with institutions, creators and thinkers from the Arab world.
The Arab World Institute is firmly rooted in the present. It aims to reflect all the energies of the Arab world. It thus intends to mark its unique place in the landscape of cultural institutions. No other establishment in the world offers such a wide range of events related to the Arab world.
Debates, symposiums, seminars, conferences, dance performances, concerts, films, books, meetings, language courses, civilization courses, major exhibitions allow the public of the IMA every day to confront this singular and bubbling world.