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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Samer Abu Hawash , a Palestinian writer , poet and translator, born in 1972. He has several publications in poetry, novels and translation. He has published ten short story collections, the latest of which is “Atlal” published by Al-Mutawassit Publications , and two novels. He has 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 Information and Documentation in 1996. Since 1994, Abu Hawash has worked in Beirut's cultural press.
He began his literary career in 1991, where he published a number of his poems in several Lebanese magazines and newspapers. He published his first poetry collection, “Life is Printed in New York,” in 1997. He has published ten poetry collections to date. In 2005, he published his first novel, “Valentine’s Day.” He has two novels to his credit so far. Abu Hawash has also translated many American poems and English novels into Arabic .
He has translated more than twenty American poets into Arabic, including Robert Bly, Ai, Charles Bukowski, and Louise Glick. He has also translated many English novels, including “The Invention of the Flirt: Portrait of an Invisible Man followed by the Book of Memory” by Paul Auster , “Bridge of Stars” by Heng Mankell, the complete short stories of William Faulkner, “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, “The Smoke Tree” by Dennis Johnson, “The House” by Marilynne Robinson, the complete short stories of J. J. Ballard, and many others. In 2008, he published a fifteen-volume translation series of American poetry published by Kalima, which includes works by Anne Sexton , Jack Kerouac , Billy Collins , Sylvia Plath , Charles Simic , William Faulkner , and others.
Publications
Some of his writings include:
Poetry collections
Life is Printed in New York, Dar Al-Jadeed, 1997
Greetings from the Gentleman, a collection of poems, 1998
Remember Valentina, a collection of poems, 2000
Journal of Illustrated Pleasures, Publications of the Lebanese Association for the Arts, 2003
Inn Lit by White Signs, Poetry Collection, 2004
Dario Jazz Berlin, poetry collection, 2004
Two Trees on the Roof, Mukhtarat Publishing House, 2005
I Will Kill You Death, Al-Ghawon Cultural Foundation, 2012
Ruins, Mediterranean Publications , 2020
Novels
Valentine's Day, Al-Jamal Publications, 2005
Happiness or a series of explosions that shook the capital, Al-Jamal Publications, 2007
Sewing a Dress to Remember, The Seducers, 2010
One Last Selfie with a Dying World, Al-Jamal Publications, 2015
This is not how pizza is made, Mediterranean Publications , 2017
Translations
The Invention of the Spinner: Portrait of an Invisible Man, followed by the Book of Memory, Mediterranean Publications , 1982
On the Road, Jamal Publications, 2007
Black Music and Other Stories. Written by: William Faulkner . 2009
Housekeeping. By: Marilynne Robinson. 2011.
The Emperor's New Clothes. Written by: Hans Christian Andersen . 2011
Snow Bird and Water Leopard: Folk Tales of the American Indians. 2014
The Book of Tea. Written by: Okakura Kakuzō. 2016
Sleeping with One Eye Open, by Mark Strand, Mediterranean Publications , 2017
Travels in the Writing Room, by Paul Auster, Mediterranean Publications , 2018
Bridge of Stars, by Heng Mankell, Al-Mona Publishing and Distribution House, 2018
My Friend Percy and His Magic Sneakers, by Ulf Stark, Al-Mona Publishing and Distribution House, 2018
A New Earth: How to Discover the Meaning of Your Life, by Eckhart Tolle, Dar Al Khayal, 2018
Sun Comes in Through the Window; Waking Up a Man Spilling Coffee on His Head, by Russell Edson, Mediterranean Publications , 2019
The Return of God: How the Global Resurgence of Religion is Changing the World, by John Micklethwait, Mediterranean Publications , 2019
Like a Great Friend 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 Comes in Through the Window; Waking Up a Man Spilling Coffee on His Head, by Russell Edson, Mediterranean Publications , 2019
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