Jokha al-Harthi

Jokha al-Harthi is an Omani writer and academic. She was educated in Oman and the UK. She obtained her PhD in classical Arabic literature from Edinburgh University. She is currently an associate professor in the Arabic department at Sultan Qaboos University.[1]

al-Harthi has published three collections of short stories and three novels (Manamat and Sayyidat el-Qamar), "Narinjah".[2] She has also authored academic works. Her work has been translated in , Serbian, Korean, Italian English and German and published in Banipal magazine.[3] She was also one of eight participants in the 2011 IPAF Nadwa (writers' workshop).Jokha Alharthi won the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, for her novel Narinjah "Bitter Orange" in 2016.

Sayyidat el-Qamar was shortlisted for Zayed Award 2011, and has been translated into English by Marilyn Booth. It will be published in the UK by Sandstone Press in June 2018 under the title Celestial Bodies.

References

  1. ↑ The Tanjara blog
  2. ↑ Author's website Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Profile in Banipal website Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine.
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