Background
He was born in Zghorta in 1949, a member of the city"s prominent El Douaihy family.
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Jabbour Douaihy
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He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in comparative literature from the New Sorbonne University and is currently a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University in Beirut.
Career
His most recent novel is Chased Away.
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Awards
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Booker Prize; Arkansas Arabic Translation Award
The Arkansas Arabic Translation Award (full title: the University of Arkansas Press Award for Arabic Literature in Translation) is a prize given for a notable English translation of a book-length literary work originally written in the Arabic language.The Arkansas Arabic Translation Award (full title: the University of Arkansas Press Award for Arabic Literature in Translation) is a prize given for a notable English translation of a book-length literary work originally written in the Arabic language.