Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela (* 1964 in Cairo , Arabic القاهرة, ' ليلى ابوالعلا' ) is a Sudanese writer.
Life
Leila Aboulela is the daughter of an Egyptian and a Sudanese. She was born in Cairo in 1964 and came to Khartoum when she was six weeks old , where she lived until 1987. She attended the Khartoum American School , where she learned English, and studied economics at the University of Khartoum . She earned an M.Phil. from the London School of Economics and Political Science .
She is married and has three children. In 1990 she moved with her family to Scotland , where she began writing in 1992 while teaching at Aberdeen College and later at the University of Aberdeen . After 2000 she lived with her family in Jakarta (Indonesia), Dubai , Abu Dhabi and Doha before returning to Aberdeen in 2012 .
Works
- 1999 The Translator
- 2001 Colored Lights
- 2005 minaret
- 2011 Lyrics Alley
- 2015 The Kindness of Enemies
Honors / prizes
- 2000 Caine Prize for African Writing for the short story The Museum
- 2000 Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award for The Translator
- 2002 PEN Macmillan Macmillan Silver PEN Award (shortlist) for Colored Lights
- 2003 Race and Media Award for The Translator
- 2019 inclusion in the anthology New Daughters of Africa
Web links
- Literature by and about Leila Aboulela in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Leila Aboulela (Engl.)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Leila Aboulela at perlentaucher.de
- Leila Aboulela at the international literature festival berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Biography" on leila-aboulela.com ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (engl.)
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SURNAME | Aboulela, Leila |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ليلى ابوالعلا; القاهرة (Arabic) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sudanese writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |