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Elias Khoury
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Elias Khoury was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1948.
He has written 11 novels, four volumes of literary criticism, and three
plays. Khoury’s commitment to Palestinian human rights began when he
visited a refugee camp in Jordan at age 19. Khoury since devoted his
energies to the Palestine Research Center in Beirut. Khoury is the
editor-in-chief of the cultural supplement of Beirut’s daily An-Nahar, and is a Global Distinguished professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU.
In 1998, Khoury was awarded the Palestine Prize for Gate of the Sun, and in 2000, the novel was named Le Monde Diplomatique’s Book of the Year.
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Bibliography
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Little Mountain, trans. Maria Tabet, 1989
Gate of the City, trans. Paula Haydar, 1993
The Journey of Little Gandhi, trans. Paula Haydar, 1994
The Kingdom of Strangers, trans. Paula Haydar, 1996
Gate of the Sun, trans. Humphrey Davies, 2006 |
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Khoury Online
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Read an excerpt from White Masks on Words Without Borders. >>More
"Elias Khoury is one of a handful of contemporary Arab novelists to have
gained a measure of Western attention. He is also one of the few to
write about the Palestinian experience, albeit from the perspective of
an outsider." >> More
"Gate of the Sun by Lebanese writer Elias Khoury is probably not going
to soar to the top of bestseller lists in the United States. And that's
a shame, because it really should." >> More
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