Suheil Kiwan | |
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Born | 1956 |
Occupation | Journalist, novelist, playwright |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Notable awards | – Tawfiq Zayyad Institution Award
– Award of recognition from Al-Midan Theater – National Award from Anna Lindh Foundation for children's literature |
Suheil Kiwan ( Arabic: سهيل كيوان) is a Palestinian journalist and novelist. [1] He won the Tawfiq Zayyad Institution Award in 2002 for his critical study titled ‘ Ghassan Kanafani: Al-Jamal Al-Hazeen wa Al-‘Ata’ Al-Mutawahij'. [2] [3]
He was born in Majd al-Krum in the Western Galilee in 1956. He studied primary school in his village, and continued his secondary studies in the Agricultural High School. He studied Philosophy for a year in Eastern Berlin. He worked as a literary editor in Al-Arabi magazine, which issues from Nazareth, from 1998 till 2014. In 1983, he started working in Al-Jadid magazine, which issues from Haifa, and in Al-Ittihad newspaper. He also writes for Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, which is issued in London, and Arab 48 website. [1] [2] He published novels, story collections, children's stories, and plays. [2] He works with the Academy of the Arabic Language and Al-Salla Al-Thaqafiya program which host him as a writer, where he meets students. He won the Tawfiq Zayyad Institution Award in 2002 for a critical study titled ‘Ghassan Kanafani: Al-Jamal AL-Hazeen wa Al-‘Ata’ Al-Mutawahij’ in Ghassan Kanafani's literature. [2]
Suheil Kiwan | |
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Born | 1956 |
Occupation | Journalist, novelist, playwright |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Notable awards | – Tawfiq Zayyad Institution Award
– Award of recognition from Al-Midan Theater – National Award from Anna Lindh Foundation for children's literature |
Suheil Kiwan ( Arabic: سهيل كيوان) is a Palestinian journalist and novelist. [1] He won the Tawfiq Zayyad Institution Award in 2002 for his critical study titled ‘ Ghassan Kanafani: Al-Jamal Al-Hazeen wa Al-‘Ata’ Al-Mutawahij'. [2] [3]
He was born in Majd al-Krum in the Western Galilee in 1956. He studied primary school in his village, and continued his secondary studies in the Agricultural High School. He studied Philosophy for a year in Eastern Berlin. He worked as a literary editor in Al-Arabi magazine, which issues from Nazareth, from 1998 till 2014. In 1983, he started working in Al-Jadid magazine, which issues from Haifa, and in Al-Ittihad newspaper. He also writes for Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, which is issued in London, and Arab 48 website. [1] [2] He published novels, story collections, children's stories, and plays. [2] He works with the Academy of the Arabic Language and Al-Salla Al-Thaqafiya program which host him as a writer, where he meets students. He won the Tawfiq Zayyad Institution Award in 2002 for a critical study titled ‘Ghassan Kanafani: Al-Jamal AL-Hazeen wa Al-‘Ata’ Al-Mutawahij’ in Ghassan Kanafani's literature. [2]