Monday 18 / November / 2024
Omani poet and novelist Zahran Al Qasmi has been shortlisted for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023. His novel 'The Exile of the Water Diviner' has been shortlisted for the award which will be announced on Sunday May 21, 2023.
He has published four novels: Mountain of the Horseradish Tree (2013), The Sniper (2014), Hunger for Honey (2017), and Exile of the Water Diviner (2021), as well as ten poetry collections and Biography of the Stone 1 (short story collection, 2009) and Biography of the Stone 2 (non-fiction, 2011). Each of the six shortlisted authors will receive $10,000, with the winner being announced on Sunday 21 May 2023 in Abu Dhabi receiving an additional $50,000.
