Hanan al-Shaykh

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:active_years 1970-present
gptkbp:associated_with Arab literature
Contemporary literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Al-Ahram_Prize
gptkb:Al-Naqid_Prize
Al-Qattan Foundation Prize
gptkbp:birth_date 1945-11-12
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Beirut
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:gender gptkb:Female
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
Literary fiction
gptkbp:has_collaborated_with Academic institutions
Cultural organizations
Various publishers
Literary agents
Other authors
gptkbp:has_written gptkb:Novels
Memoirs
Short stories
Essays
Plays
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hanan al-Shaykh
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Naguib_Mahfouz
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:influences gptkb:feminism
Postcolonial literature
gptkbp:involved_in Literary criticism
Women's rights advocacy
Literary festivals
Cultural discussions
Translation work
gptkbp:known_for Social commentary
Exploring women's issues
Cultural identity themes
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:nationality Lebanese
gptkbp:notable_influence Arab women writers
Literature in the Arab world
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Locust_and_the_Bird
gptkb:The_Story_of_Zahra
gptkb:Women_of_Sand_and_Myrrh
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse Rami al-Shaykh
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:website http://www.hanan-alshaykh.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Aleppo,_Syria
gptkb:PEN_Translation_Prize
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5