Jamal Naji
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Jamal Naji | |
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![]() Jamal Naji in 2006 | |
Born | Jamal Naji Mohammad Esmail 1 November 1954 Aqbat Jaber, West Bank, annexed by Jordan |
Died | 6 May 2018 Amman, Jordan | (aged 63)
Nationality | Jordanian |
Genre | Novels, short stories |
Notable works | 'The Road to Balharith', 'Time', 'When Wolves Get Old', 'The Aftermath of the Recents whirlwinds', 'The Feathers Night' |
Jamal Naji (Arabic: جمال ناجي), (1 November 1954 – 6 May 2018) was a Jordanian author of Palestinian origins.[1] He was born in 1954 in the refugee camp of Aqbat Jaber in the West Bank, annexed by Jordan. He moved to Jordan in 1967, when he was in his early teens.[2]
Naji began writing in his early twenties, and published his first novel The Road to Balharith in 1981–82. Since then he had written more novels as well as short story collections and television scripts. His novel When the Wolves Grow Old was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2010.[citation needed]
He was the president of the Jordanian Writers Association from 2001 to 2003. He lived and worked in Amman, Jordan.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Author profile on IPAF website". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ "Prominent Jordanian novelist Jamal Naji dies aged 64".
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