SINAN ANTOON

Author Sinan Antoon on IFFP and translating his own books

April 11, 2014 BOOKS by Ben East Leave a Comment

The National, April 2014 When the longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP) was announced last month, great play was made of the fact that of the three nominated books set in the Middle […]

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist recognises Arabic fiction

March 7, 2014 BOOKS by Ben East Leave a Comment

Great to see Hassan Blasim’s short story collection The Iraqi Christ on the longlist for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize . It seems like a long time since I caught up with him at Manchester Piccadilly, […]