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Faisal Khartash

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Faisal Khurtush
Born1952 (69 years), Aleppo
NationalitySyrian

Faisal Khartash (Arabic:فيصل خرتش) is a Syrian writer and novelist who was born and raised in Aleppo in 1952.[1] He studied in Al Katateeb; then went to elementary school in old Aleppo. He got a high degree in Arabic Language from University of Aleppo then got a diploma in Eastern languages in 1983.

Career

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Faisal Khartash emerged as a member of the Arab Writers Union as well as a member of the Union of Arab Journalists, where he began publishing his first articles in 1975 and has been a correspondent for the Al-esboa Al-adabi newspaper since its first issue and for more than five years. He was appointed literary correspondent for the London-based Newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat and continues to write there today; he also writes regularly in Al-Hayat (London), Al Bayan (Dubai) and Al-Thawra (Damascus).

He began writing in 1973 and emerged as a story writer on the university's pulpits and published his first stories in 1975 in Syrian newspapers. His first collection, News, was published in 1986 by the Ministry of Culture; and another, the Women's Tree, from the Ministry of Culture in 2001.[2]

He won several awards in the short story, including the first prize in the Arab Writers Union, as well as the first prize in the short story of al-Baath newspaper on the 40th anniversary and the magazine Al-Vanguard, the Medhat Akash Award, the Labtani Short Story Award and the Cairo Literary News Award for the short story.[3]

His novel The Summary of the Pasha's History, which was printed in London in 1990, won the Riad al-Rais Prize for Arabic Fiction, and his novel the Dust of Strangers received the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Arabic Fiction in 1995 and was transformed into a film directed by Samir Dhikra; the film won the first prize at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1998.[4]

His works

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  • The News (original title: Al Akhbar)[5]
  • The Women's Tree (original title: Shagaret Al Nesaa’)
  • The Summary of the Pasha's History (original title: Mojaz Tareekh Al Basha)
  • The Dust of Strangers (original title: Turab Al Ghourabaa’)
  • The Leaves of Night and Jasmine (original title: Awraq Al Lail Wa Al Yasmeen)
  • Olive Khan (original title: Khan Al Zaytoon)[5]
  • The Lunatics Café (original title: Maqha Al Majaneen)
  • The Women's Bath (original title: Hamam Al Neswan)[5]
  • Experience in Fantasy A Novel (original title: Tajroba Fi Al fantazia Al Riwaya)
  • The Castle's Café (original title: Maqha Al Qasr)
  • Juggernaut (original title: Al Taghoot)
  • Afternoon's Sun (original title: Shams Al Aseel)
  • Gin Alley (original title: Ziqaq Al Jin)
  • The Stone's Eye (original title: Ayn Al Hajar)

References

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  1. ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  2. ^ "القصة السورية – فيصل خرتش". www.syrianstory.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. ^ "الكاتب فيصل خرتش – عالم نوح". www.nouhworld.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  4. ^ "فيصل خرتش". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  5. ^ a b c "Khartash, Fayṣal". Viaf.org.