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
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 31949976
Wikidata: Q6269767
Library of congress: nr2004033082
Sources of Information
  • ספר: صبي على السطح, 2007.
  • Manāmāt, 2004:t.p. (Jūkhah al-Ḥārithī) p. facing t.p. (Omani author)
  • نارنجة، 2016:صفحة العنوان (جوخة الحارثي) الغلاف الخلفي (كاتبة وأكاديمية من سلطنة عمان)
  • Wikipedia, August 6, 2017(Jokha al-Harthi; Omani writer and academic; she was educated in Oman and the UK. She obtained her PhD in classical Arabic literature from Edinburgh University. She is currently an associate professor in the Arabic department at Sultan Qaboos University; al-Harthi has published three collections of short stories and three novels (Manamat and Sayyidat el-Qamar), "Narinjah")
  • Celestial bodies, 2018:title page (Jokha Alharthi)
  • Wikidata, August 6, 2017(Jokha al-Harthi; Arabic scholar and writer; female; date of birth: 1978; educated at: University of Edinburgh)
  • Celestial bodies, 2019:CIP title page (Jokha Alharthi) LAC CIP application (Omani)
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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