Hilal Chouman

Hilal Chouman (Arabic: هلال شومان) (born 1982) is a Lebanese novelist and writer. He was born in Beirut and studied communications and electronics engineering at Jâmi'at Bâyrut Al-Arabiya. He then obtained an MSc in aerospace communication systems and satellite communications. He now lives and works in Toronto.

Writing

Literary scholars have described Chouman's writing as Post–Cold War era or post-Lebanese Civil War, with emphasis on the ordinary or mundane. Chouman himself disagrees with the designations of war or post-war based on time of publication. His writing also features more contemporary life in Beirut.

Novels

• Stories of Sleep (2008)
• Napolitana (2010)
• Limbo Beirut (2012) - translated by Anna Ziajka Stanton and nominated for the PEN Translation Prize (2017) and the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (2017)
• Once Upon a Time, Tomorrow (2016)
• Sorrow in My Heart (2022)