International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)

The world’s leading prize for the Arabic novel, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), will be announcing its 2013 winner on Tuesday 23 April at 4.20pm (BST) on the eve of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

The winner of this prestigious prize will be selected from the six shortlisted novels, and revealed at a ceremony held at The Rocco Forte Hotel, Abu Dhabi. The six contenders are:

 

Title	Author	Nationality	Publisher
Hail Mary	Sinan Antoon	Iraqi	Al-Jamal
Me, She and the Other Women	Jana Elhassan	Lebanese	Arab Scientific Publishers
The Beaver	Mohammed Hasan Alwan	Saudi Arabian	Dar al-Saqi
Our Master	Ibrahim Issa	Egyptian	Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation
The Bamboo Stalk	Saud Alsanousi	Kuwaiti	Arab Scientific Publishers
His Excellency the Minister	Hussein Al-Wad	Tunisian	Dar al-Janub

 

IPAF is an annual literary prize for prose fiction in Arabic. It is commonly known as the ‘Arabic Booker’ due to its association with the Booker Prize Foundation. It is by the TCA Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

For further information about the Prize, please visit www.arabicfiction.org  / facebook.com/InternationalPrizeArabicFiction