Vir: Saif Ghobash – Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, uradni logotip (Banipal Trust for Arab Literature). Več informacij: https://www.banipaltrust.org.uk/prize/
Banipal Trust for Arab Literature je objavil seznam prijavljenih del in žirijo za 2025 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, ki letos praznuje 20. obletnico.
Žirijo sestavljajo:
Professor Tina Phillips (predsednica),
Dr Susan F. Frenk,
Nashwa Nasreldin,
Boyd Tonkin.
Za nagrado se poteguje 17 del (13 romanov, ena pesniška zbirka, ena zbirka kratkih zgodb, en spomin in ena knjiga za mlade bralce), od 16 avtorjev in 18 prevajalcev.
Kratki seznam bo objavljen 1. decembra 2025, zmagovalec in drugouvrščeni pa 7. januarja 2026.
Nagrada znaša £3,000, letos pa prvič tudi £1,000 za drugouvrščeni prevod.
Celoten seznam prijavljenih del (abecedno po priimku prevajalca):
The Guardian of Surfaces – Bothayna Al-Essa, prevod Ranya Abdelrahman in Sawad Hussain (Selkies House Limited)
Huddud’s House – Fadi Azzam, prevod Ghada Alatrash (Interlink Publishing)
The Halva-Maker: The Trilogy of the Fatimids (Sicilian, Armenian, Kurdish) – Reem Bassiouney, prevod: Roger Allen (DarArab for Publishing and Translation)
Heiress of Honour – George Maalouli, prevod Yacine Mohammed Belguendouz(TASQ Publishing House)
Honey Hunger – Zahran Alqasmi, prevod: Marilyn Booth (Hoopoe, an imprint of the American University in Cairo Press)
Sages of Darkness: A Depiction of Kurdish Life in Late Ottoman Times – Salim Barakat, prevod: Aviva Butt (Peter Lang)
1970: The Last Days – Sonallah Ibrahim, prevod: Eleanor Ellis (Seagull Books)
The Universe, All at Once – Salim Barakat, prevod: Huda J. Fakhreddine (Seagull Books)
A Spring That Did Not Blossom – Nejmeh Khalil Habib, prevod: Samar Habib(Interlink Publishing)
On the Greenwich Line – Shady Lewis, prevod: Katharine Halls (Peirene Press)
Granada: The Complete Trilogy – Radwa Ashour, prevod: Kay Heikkinen (Hoopoe, an imprint of the American University in Cairo Press)
Land of Sweetheart Deals – Wajdi Al-Ahdal, prevod: William M. Hutchins (DarArab for Publishing and Translation)
We Never Swim in the Same River Twice – Hassouna Mosbahi, prevod: William Maynard Hutchins (Syracuse University Press)
The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom – Nasser Abu Srour, prevod: Luke Leafgren (Penguin Press)
A Long Walk from Gaza – Asmaa Alatawna, prevod: Caline Nasrallah in Michelle Hartman (Interlink Publishing)
Thunderbird: Book 3 – Sonia Nimr, prevod: M. Lynx Qualey (Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin)
Sand-Catcher – Omar Khalifah, prevod: Barbara Romaine (Coffee House Press)
Seznam vseh prijavljenih del je objavljen na spletni strani Banipal Trust for Arab Literature.
