Katara Prize for Arabic Novel

The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize based in Qatar. It was established in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village. The total prize pool is $650,000 and the main prize $200,000, making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.[1][2][3] One of its sponsors is UNESCO.[4] The winning novels will be translated into five languages - including French and English.

Katara Prize for Arabic Novel
CountryQatar
Presented byKatara (cultural village)
First awarded2015
WebsiteKatara Prize for Arabic Novel

The prize was originally split into two major categories: published and unpublished novels each of which had five winners. More recently prizes were added for research/literary criticism and for young adult unpublished novels. For the published novels, the five winners originally received $60,000 while five winners under unpublished category were each awarded $30,000. Among the winners in each category, one was be chosen as the "drama" winner in which the winning works are guaranteed film adaptations. The drama winner in the published category received an additional $200,000.

Winners

- winner of the drama prize

2015

Sources: [5][4]

Published
Unpublished

2016
  • Salmi Nasser, Blue Tongues (ISBN 9789927126185)
  • Ali Al Refaei, Mero Family Genes (ISBN 9789927126192)
  • Mustapha El Hamdaoui, Princess Shadow (ISBN 9789927126178)
  • Saad Mohammed Raheem, Shadows of a Body (ISBN 9789927126314)
  • Nasser Iraq, Al-Azbakia (ISBN 9789927126338)

2017
Prize for Published Novel - $60,000 each
  • Said Khatibi, Forty Years Awaiting Isabel
  • Sameha Kheres, Fostoq Abeed
  • Shaker Noori, Khatoon Baghdad
  • Hoshank Osi, The Plight of the Questions and the Lust of Imagination
  • Mohamed Barada, Mawt Mokhtalif
Prize for Unpublished Novel - $30,000 each
  • Husein Al-Sakaf, False Face Statue
  • Taha Mohamed Taha, The Apple Tree
  • Abdelwahab Eisawi, Safar Amal Al-Manseyen
  • Mohamed Al-Meer Ghalib, Shahd Al-Maqaber
  • Mona Al-Shimi, Watan Al-Jeeb Al-Khalfi
Research-Literary Criticism - $10,000 each
  • Dr. Al-Basheer Dayfallah
  • Dr. Khalid Ali Al-Yas
  • Dr. Abdelhamid Al-Hossami
  • Dr. Mostafa Al-Nahal
  • Dr. Youssef Youssef
Prize for Young Adult Unpublished Novels - $10,000 each
  • Ahmad Shehata, Jabal Al-Khorafat
  • Ghamar Mahmoud, Babel’s Mirror
  • Kauther Al-Gondi, Seren’s Notebook
  • Moneera Al-Darwai, It is not a Condition to be a Superhero to Succeed
  • Nasr Sami, Al-Taer Al-Bashari

2018
Prize for Published Novel[6] - $60,000 each
  • Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, Barry Ansouda Sudan
  • Omar Ahmed Fadlallah, Breaths
  • The Revolution of Hamouda, A Paradise That Did Not Drop Its Apple
  • Qassim Mohammed Tawfiq, The Little Bird Bled
  • Najat Hussein Abdul Samad[7], No Water to Tell

References
  1. Marcia Lynx Qualey (May 2015). "Arabic sci-fi and other literary revolutions". Aljazeera. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. Mlynxqualey (March 21, 2014). "Details of New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Revealed". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  3. Lana Asfour (January 15, 2015). "Longlist announced for international "Arabic Booker" fiction prize". Al-Araby. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. "A prize with a view". Al-Ahram. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  5. Mlynxqualey (May 21, 2015). "Qatar's New $650K Arabic Novel Prize Gets Relatively Quiet Launch". Arabic Literature (in English). Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  6. "2018 Katara Prize for Arabic Novel Winners". جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. "Three Syrian novels win the "Katara" award for the Arabic novel". Enjazaat. 17 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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