Saud Alsanousi (Arabic: سعود السنعوسي, born 1981) is a Kuwaiti novelist and journalist.[1] His debut novel The Prisoner of Mirrors (2010) won the Leila Othman Prize. In 2011, his short story The Bonsai and the Old Man won a competition organized by Al-Arabi magazine and BBC Arabic. His novel The Bamboo Stalk, written from the perspective of a boy of mixed Kuwaiti-Filipino parentage about his struggle to find a place in either country, won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2013).[2][3]
Saud Alsanousi | |
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| Born | 1981 Kuwait |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable works | The Bamboo Stalk |
| Notable awards | International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2013) |
Saud Alsanousi lives in Kuwait and writes for the Al-Qabas newspaper.
Publications
edit- Prisoner of Mirrors (2010)
- The Bonsai And The Old Man (2011)
- The Bamboo Stalk (2012)
- Grandma Hessa's Mice (2015)
- Hamam Al Dar (Pigeons of the House) (2017)[4]
- naqaat saleha (saleha's camel) (2019)
References
edit- ^ IPAF profile Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ M. Lynx Qualey (April 23, 2013). "Page-turning Novel by Young Kuwaiti Author Wins 2013 'Arabic Booker'". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Benedicte Page (24 April 2013). "Saud Alsanousi wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction". The Bookseller. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "Saud Alsanousi on His Next Novel and Writing From the Perspective of a Woman". Vogue Arabia. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2019-08-24.