Hoda Barakat (Arabic: هدى بركات) (born 1952) is a Lebanese novelist. She lived most of her early life in Beirut before moving to Paris, where she now resides. She has published six novels, two plays, a book of short stories, and a book of memoirs.[1] Her works are originally written in Arabic and have been translated into English, Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Dutch, and Greek.[2]
Her work often explores themes of trauma and war; three of her early novels are narrated by male characters living in the margins of society during the Lebanese civil war.[3]
^Chandler, Mark (23 April 2019). "Barakat becomes second woman to win International Prize for Arabic Fiction". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
^Hoda Barakat Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (Festivaletteratura) Accessed: March 4, 2007.
^"Modern Arab writers: Hoda Barakat". al-bab.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
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