Hoda Barakat

Hoda Barakat , also Huda Barakat ( Arabic هدى بركات, DMG Hudā Barakāt ; * 1952 in Beirut ), is a Lebanese writer who lives in exile in Paris .

Hoda Barakat grew up in a Maronite family. She studied French, married a Muslim and left Lebanon in 1989 with her two sons. She began her career as an Arabic author in Paris. She first became known for works that were set during or after the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990).

Publications (selection)

In English

• The Stone of Laughter , Interlink Books, New York, 1995, ISBN 978-1-56656-197-6
• The Tiller of Waters , American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2001, ISBN 978-977-424-690-6
• Disciples of Passion , Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8156-0833-2
• Hoda Barakat's Sayyidi wa habibi: the authorized abridged edition for students of Arabic , Georgetown University Press, Washington DC, 2013, ISBN 978-1-62616-002-6

In French

• La Pierre du Rire , 1990
• Les Illuminés , 1993
• Le Laboreur des eaux , 1998
• Mon maître, mon amour , 2007
• Le royaume de cette terre , 2012
• Courrier de nuit , 2018

Awards (selection)

• 2000 Naguib Mahfouz Medal
• 2002 Chevalier de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• 2008 Chevalier de L'Ordre du Mérite National
• 2015 Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
• 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for The Night Mail (Nachtpost)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hoda Barakat. (No longer available online.) International Prize for Arabic Fiction, archived from the original on February 4, 2014 ; Retrieved December 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Man Booker international: the shortlist - in pictures. The Guardian, accessed December 4, 2015 .