Charif Majdalani (born 1960) is a French-Lebanese writer.
Early life and education Charif Majdalani was born in Beirut in 1960.
Career Majdalani is a novelist and professor at Saint Joseph University, where he was head of the Department of French Literature from 1999 to 2008.
Between 2005 and 2017, he published six novels in French. According to Suzanne Joinson, writing in The New York Times, "Majdalani's novels are much praised in the Francophone world, and with good reason. His seductive prose twists and turns, deftly matching hallucinatory content with form." and have been translated into several languages.
Other activities Majdalaini has been a member of the editorial board of L'Orient littéraire and president of the International Writers' House in Beirut.
Recognition and awards
He has won the Phénix Prize (2005), the Tropiques Prize (2008), the François Mauriac Prize of the Académie française (2008), the Jean Giono Prize (2015), the France-Liban prize (2016) and the Moise Khayrallah Prize of the North Carolina State University (2017).
Bibliography Histoire de la grande maison, Seuil, 2005 (Prix Phénix) A History of the big House, Other Press 2024 Das Haus in den Orangengärten, Knaus Verlag 2007 La Casa nel giardino degli aranci, Giunti 2010 البيت الكبير ، Dar AnNahar, 2008 Το Μεγάλο Σπίτι, Castaniotis, 2015 Caravansérail, Seuil, 2007 (Prix Tropiques, Prix François Mauriac de l'Académie française) Ein Palast Auf Reisen, Knaus Verlag, 2009. Moving the Palace, New Vessel Press, 2017 (Moise Khayrallah Prize) Nos si brèves années de gloire, Seuil, 2012 Le Dernier Seigneur de Marsad, Seuil, 2013 سيّد المرصد الأخير, Hachette-Antoine, 2069 Villa des Femmes, Seuil, 2015 (Grand Prix Jean Giono, Prix France-Liban) فيلاّ النساء, Hachette Antoine, 2018 La Villa delle donne, Astarte Edizioni 2021 L'Empereur à Pied, Seuil, 2017 Des vies possibles, Seuil 2019 Vite possibili, Nuova Éditrice Berti, 2023 حَيَواتٌ مُمكِنَة, Dar Madarek, 2023 Beyrouth 2020: Journal d'un effondrement, Actes Sud, 2020 (Prix Femina Special Jury Prize) Beirut 2020: The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal, Mountain Leopard Press, 2021 Beirut 2020, Diary of the collapse, Other Press, 2021 Dernière oasis, Actes Sud, 2021
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