Alharthi, Jokha
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Name (Latin)
Alharthi, Jokha
Name (Arabic)
الحارثي، جوخة
Other forms of name
Ḥārithī, Jūkhah
Ḥārithī, Jawkhah
al-Harthi, Jokha
Harthi, Jokha
حارثي، جوخة
الحارثي، جوخة محمد
Date of birth
1978
Associated country
Oman
Field of activity
Short stories Novels
Occupation
Writers University and college faculty members
Authors College teachers
Associated Language
ara
Gender
female
Language
Arabic
Sources of Information
- ספר: صبي على السطح, 2007.
- Manāmāt, 2004:
- نارنجة، 2016:
- Wikipedia, August 6, 2017
- Celestial bodies, 2018:
- Wikidata, August 6, 2017
- Celestial bodies, 2019:
Wikipedia description:
Jokha Alharthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي), also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic, known for winning the Man Booker International Prize in 2019 for her novel Sayyidat al-Qamar (Arabic: سيدات القمر), published in English under the title Celestial Bodies. Alharthi is the first Arab author to win the Man Booker International Prize. She has written four novels in Arabic, two of which have been translated into English.
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