Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
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Edition 22 (2015) Winner
Hassan Daoud
ハッサン・ダウード
Ḥasan Dāwūd
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Noumairieh, Southern Lebanon
- Nationality
- Lebanon
- Languages
- Arabic
- Residence History
- Noumairieh, Southern Lebanon → Beirut
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- al-Hayat (correspondent), al-Mustaqbal (editor, Nawafez cultural supplement)
- Nominations
- 2010 Arabic Booker Prize longlisted (180 Sunsets)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Arabic literature | — | — | — |
—
Arabic literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature | No Road to Paradise | — | Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature committee | winner |
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
2015
Work:
No Road to Paradise
Organization:
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine
NovelA novel that portrays relationships between individuals and community through scenes of everyday life and social change, marked by a blend of humor and critique.
everyday lifesocial change
Translations
- The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine
Borrowed Time
Short stories / NovellaA collection (or novella) exploring time and memory, using fragmentary perspectives to depict life's fragility.
memorytime
Translations
- Borrowed Time
The House of Mathilde
NovelA story reflecting changes in the modern Middle East through family history and personal memory.
familymemory
Translations
- The House of Mathilde
180 Sunsets
NovelA multi-perspective novel chronicling fragments of an era; themes include war, migration, and individual choices.
warmigrationmemory
Translations
- 180 Sunsets
The Penguin's Song
NovelA narrative with allegorical elements that delicately depicts loneliness and suburban life.
lonelinessallegory
Translations
- The Penguin's Song
No Road to Paradise
NovelA work that intertwines personal lives and political realities to portray contradictions of contemporary society. The English translation is known and the work won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2015.
politicsindividual and society
Translations
- No Road to Paradise
Bibliography
- The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine
- Borrowed Time
- The House of Mathilde
- 180 Sunsets
- The Penguin's Song
- No Road to Paradise
Translations of Works
- No Road to Paradise
- The Penguin's Song
- The House of Mathilde
- The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-Making Machine
- Borrowed Time
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained realist proseobservational narration
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and the pastwar and its aftermathmigration to cities and nostalgia
Legacy
Hassan Daoud is a significant Lebanese novelist and journalist whose works have been translated into English, French, and German. He has received international recognition, including the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2015.
Trivia
- As of 2011 five of his novels had been translated into English.
- Has worked as a journalist since 1975.
- Served as a correspondent for al-Hayat for 11 years.
- Edited the cultural supplement 'Nawafez' of al-Mustaqbal.