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- Country of residence: United Arab Emirates
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Samer Abu Hawash, a Palestinian writer, poet, and translator, born in 1972. He has published several publications in poetry, novels, and translation. So far, he has published ten collections of short stories, the most recent of which is “Ruins,” published by Mediterranean Publications, and two novels. He also translated many American poems and English novels into Arabic.
the biography
Samer Abu Hawash was born in the city of Sidon, located in southern Lebanon, in 1972 to a Palestinian family. He studied in Sidon schools before moving to Beirut to complete his university studies, where he studied journalism and graduated from the Lebanese University - Faculty of Media and Documentation in 1996. Since 1994, Abu Hawash has worked in the Beirut cultural press.
He began his literary career in 1991, when he published a number of his poems in many Lebanese magazines and newspapers. He published his first poetry collection, “Life Is Printed in New York,” in 1997. To date, he has published ten poetry collections. In 2005, he published his first novel, “Lovers’ Day.” He has two novels to date. Abu Hawash also translated many American poems and English novels into Arabic. More than twenty American poets have been translated into Arabic, including Robert Bly, A.I., Charles Bukowski, and Louise Gleick. He has also translated many English novels, including The Invention of the Spindle: Portrait of an Invisible Man followed by The Book of Memory by Paul Auster, Bridge of Stars by Heng Mankell, the complete works of fiction by William Faulkner, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and Tree of Smoke by Dennis Johnson. , The House by Marilyn Robinson, the complete works of fiction by J. J. Ballard, and many others. In 2008, he published a fifteen-volume translation series of American poetry published by Kalima House. The series includes works by Anne Sexton, Jack Kerouac, Billy Collins, Sylvia Plath, Charles Simic, William Faulkner, and others.
Compositions
Some of his books include the following:
Poetry collections
Al-Hayat is printed in New York, Dar Al-Jadeed, 1997
Gentleman's Salute, a poetry collection, 1998
Remembering Valentina, a poetry collection, 2000
Al-Latif Illustrated Journal, publications of the Lebanese Society of Arts, 2003
A hostel illuminated by white banners, a poetry collection, 2004
Dario Jazz Berlin, a poetry collection, 2004
Two Trees on the Roof, Dar Mukhtarat, 2005
I Will Kill You, O Death, Al-Gawon Cultural Foundation, 2012
Ruins, Mediterranean Publications, 2020
Novels
Valentine's Day, Al-Gamal Publications, 2005
Happiness or a series of explosions that shook the capital, Al-Gamal Publications, 2007
Sew a dress to remember, Al-Ghawon, 2010
One last selfie with a dying world, Al-Gamal Publications, 2015
This is not how pizza is made, Mediterranean Publications, 2017
Translations
The Invention of Spinning: Portrait of an Invisible Man followed by the Book of Memory, Mediterranean Publications, 1982
On the Road Camel Publications, 2007
Black Music and Other Stories. Written by: William Faulkner. 2009
House-keeping. Written by: Marilyn Robinson. 2011.
The Emperor's new clothes. Written by: Hans Christian Andersen. 2011
The Snowbird and the Water Leopard: Folktales of the Native Americans. 2014
Tea book. Written by: Okakura Kakuzo. 2016
Sleeping with One Eye Open, by Mark Strand, Mediterranean Publications, 2017
Journeys in the Writing Room, by Paul Auster, Mediterranean Publications, 2018
Bridge of Stars, by Heng Mankel, Al-Muna Publishing and Distribution House, 2018
My friend Percy and his magic sneakers, by Ulf Stark, Dar Al-Muna for Publishing and Distribution, 2018
New Earth; How do you discover the meaning of your life?, by Eckhart Tolle, Dar Al Khayal, 2018
Sun coming in through the window; She wakes up a man who pours coffee on his head, by Russell Edson, Mediterranean Publications, 2019
The Return of God - How the Global Resurrection of Religion is Changing the World, by John Micklethwaite, Mediterranean Publications, 2019
Like a wonderful friend who remembers, Mediterranean Publications, 2020
Life Saxophone in the Mouth of Death, Mediterranean Publications, 2020
Autumn Stands Behind the Window, Richard Wright, Mediterranean Publications, 2020
Sun coming in through the window; She wakes up a man who pours coffee on his head, by Russell Edson, Mediterranean Publications, 2019
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