Frances Liardet
Encyclopedia
Frances Liardet is a writer and translator of Arabic literature
. She has translated several book-length works, including two books by the modernist Egyptian writer Edwar al-Kharrat
and one by Nobel Prize
winner Naguib Mahfouz
.
Liardet also wrote a novel entitled The Game, chosen as one of the winners of Betty Trask Award
in 1994.
Arabic literature
Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is adab which is derived from a meaning of etiquette, and implies politeness, culture and enrichment....
. She has translated several book-length works, including two books by the modernist Egyptian writer Edwar al-Kharrat
Edwar al-Kharrat
Edwar al-Kharrat is an Egyptian novelist, writer and critic. He was born in Alexandria to a Coptic Christian family. He studied law at Alexandria University and worked briefly in banking and insurance. He was also actively engaged in left-wing politics and spent two years in jail from 1948–50...
and one by Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...
.
Liardet also wrote a novel entitled The Game, chosen as one of the winners of Betty Trask Award
Betty Trask Award
The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. The awards were established in 1984 by the Society of Authors, at the bequest of the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels...
in 1994.
Translations
- City of Saffron by Edwar al-Kharrat (1989)
- Down to the Sea by Gamil Atia Ibrahim (1991)
- Girls of Alexandria by Edwar al-Kharrat (1993)
- Adrift on the Nile by Naguib Mahfouz (1993)