Zakaria Tamer

Zakaria Tamer, född den 2 januari 1931 i Damaskus, Syrien, är en arabisk författare av noveller och barnböcker, som fått flera författarpris. Tamer arbetar också som journalist och stilen är då ofta satirisk.

Utmärkelser

• 2001: Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation: Prize of Stories Novels & Drama ^[1]
• 2002: Syrian Order of Merit^[2]
• 2009: Blue Metroplis Montreal International Literary prize ^[3]

Novellsamlingar

• The Neighing of the White Steed(1960)
• Spring In The Ashes (1963)
• The Thunder (1970)
• Damascus Fire (1973)
• Tigers on the Tenth Day (1978)
• Noah's Summons (1994)
• We Shall Laugh (1998)
• IF!, (1998)
• Sour Grapes (2000)
• Breaking Knees (2002)

Övrig prosa

• The Hedgehog (2005)

Samlingar med satiriska artiklar

• Glories, Arabs, Glories, (1986) Amjad Ya Arab amjad
• The Victim's Satire Of His Killer, (2003)

Barnböcker

• Why the River Fell Silent, (1973)
• The Rose Spoke to the Swallow, (1978)

Externa länkar

• Journal of Arabic Literature, Volume 16, Number 1, 1985 , pp. 105-108(4),'The Moon Unmasked' By Zakaria Tamer translated by Hugh Pope (Last Accessed 4 June 2008)
• Encarta Article On contribution to Arabic Literature and the Short Story Genre (Last Accessed 4 June 2008)
• Short Story "Sprouts" Translation from the Arabic by William Hutchins (Last Accessed: 7th Dec 2006)
• Al-Shams al-Saghira ("Little Sun") by Zakaria Tamir(Last Accessed: 7th Dec 2006)
• Al-Liha ("The Beards") by Zakaria Tamir(Last Accessed: 7th Dec 2006)
• Al-Hazimah and Kidhb ("The Defeat" and "The Lie") by Zakaria Tamir(Last Accessed: 7th Dec 2006)
• Death of a Dagger By Zakaria Tamer(Last Accessed: 31 March 2007)

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