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Samar Yazbek
Birth Date:1970 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Jableh, Syria
Occupation:Writer
Movement:Women Now for Development
Awards:2016 Best Foreign Book award for “The crossing” (France)

2013 PEN-OXFAM Novib award for “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution” (The Netherlands)

2012 PEN Tucholsky award for “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution” (Sweden)

2012 PEN Pinter award for “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution” (UK)

2010 Selected in the “Beirut 39, Hay festival” selection of outstanding writers under 40 (Beirut)

2000 UNICEF, Best literary scenario award for “A falling sky” (TV script)

Samar Yazbek (Arabic: سمر يزبك, born 1970 in Jableh, Syria) is a Syrian writer and journalist. She studied Arabic literature at Tishreen University (Latakia). She has written in a wide variety of genres including novels, short stories, film scripts, television dramas, film and TV criticism, and literary narratives. Several of her works have been translated from the Arabic original into other languages.

Biography

In 2010, Yazbek was selected as one of the 39 most promising authors[1] under the age of 40, by Beirut39, a contest organized by the Hay Festival. In 2011, she took part in the popular uprising against the Assad regime, and was forced into exile a few months later. In 2012, she was chosen for the prestigious PEN/Pinter Prize International writer of courage award,[2] [3] in recognition of her book A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution. She was also awarded the Swedish Tucholsky Prize[4] and the Dutch Oxfam/PEN prize[5] in the same year. In 2016, Yazbek's literary narrative The Crossing was awarded the French “Best Foreign Book” prize.[6]

Yazbek also participated in the Syrian cultural caravan, which was an artistic and cultural movement led by Syrian artists that started with a project called "Freedom for the Syrian People" and involved a road trip across Europe.[7]

Works

Yazbek has been a prominent voice in support of human rights and more specifically women's rights in Syria. In 2012, she launched Women Now for Development,[8] an NGO based in France that aims at empowering Syrian women economically and socially.[9]

YearPublicationsGenreCountries
201819 women: Tales of resilience from SyriaLiterary narrativeFrance – Sweden - Italy
2017Al-Mashāʾa [The one who walks (female)] NovelTranslated to Danish ("Du må ikke dø")-Swedish ("Hon som vandrar")
The blue penNovelFrance-Sweden-Norway-Germany-Lebanon
2015The Crossing[10] Literary narrativeFrance-Sweden-Norway –Uk-Lebanon-Spain- Portugal-Poland-Malaysia-Greece-Romania-India-China-Italy-Japan
2012A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian RevolutionLiterary narrativeFrance-UK-Netherlands-Switzerland- Turkey
2010In her mirrorsNovelItaly-Lebanon
2008The mountain of liliesNovelSyria
2008CinnamonNovelFrance-Sweden-Norway-Italy-UK- Switzerland-Lebanon
2005ClayNovelEgypt
2002A girl from heavenNovelSyria
2000Words of womenShort storiesSyria-Lebanon
1999Automn flowersShort storiesSyria

Awards and distinctions

Other publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samar Yazbek talks to Jo Glanville. Hay Festival. en. 2019-02-06.
  2. News: Syrian author shares PEN/Pinter prize with Carol Ann Duffy. Flood. Alison. 2012-10-09. The Guardian. 2019-02-06. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  3. Web site: Samar Yazbek Awarded International PEN Pinter Prize. Sharp. Robert. 2012-10-09. English PEN. en-US. 2019-02-06.
  4. Web site: Samar Yazbek från Syrien får Tucholsky-priset. Svenska PEN. sv-SE. 2019-02-06.
  5. Web site: Terugblik: Samar Yazbek (Syrië) ontving Oxfam Novib/PEN-Award op festival 2013. Writers Unlimited. en. 2019-02-06.
  6. Web site: Le prix du Meilleur livre étranger récompense la Syrienne Samar Yazbek. Bibliobs. fr. 2019-02-06.
  7. News: Syrian Cultural Caravan. 2016-04-26. SPACE. 2017-12-17. en-US.
  8. News: Syrian feminists: ‘This is the chance the war gave us – to empower women’. Shackle. Samira. 2017-08-07. The Guardian. 2019-02-06. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  9. Web site:
    1. MoreWomenMorePeace: Samar Yazbek Swedish Foreign Policy Stories
    . Swedish Foreign Policy News. en-US. 2019-02-06.
  10. News: The Syrian war: Divided country, divided narratives. 11 July 2015. The Economist. 14 July 2015.
  11. Web site: RSL International Writers . December 3, 2023 . Royal Society of Literature.
  12. Web site: Le prix du Meilleur livre étranger récompense la Syrienne Samar Yazbek. Bibliobs. fr. 2019-01-29.
  13. Web site: Le prix du meilleur livre étranger/Sofitel 2016 pour Helen MacDonald et Samar Yazbek. Livres Hebdo. fr. 2019-01-29.
  14. Web site: Le prix du Meilleur Livre étranger Sofitel ATLF. fr-FR. 2019-01-29.
  15. Web site: Oxfam Novib/PEN Award for Freedom of Expression. International. P. E. N.. 2018-08-22. PEN International. en. 2019-01-29.
  16. Web site: Syrische journaliste ontvangt Oxfam Novib/PEN-Award. www.oxfamnovib.nl. nl. 2019-01-29.
  17. Web site: Samar Yazbek Awarded International PEN Pinter Prize. Sharp. Robert. 2012-10-09. English PEN. en-US. 2019-01-29.
  18. SAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal research. Index on Censorship. 42. 4. 130–133. en. 10.1177/0306422013513389. 2013. Yazbek. Samar. free.
  19. Web site: Samar Yazbek, la revenante de l'enfer syrien. Bibliobs. fr. 2019-02-06.
  20. Web site: The novelist vs. the revolutionary: My own Syrian debate. Yazbek. Samar. September 13, 2013. www.washingtonpost.com.
  21. News: Opinion In the Shadow of Assad’s Bombs. Yazbek. Samar. 2012-08-09. The New York Times. 2019-02-06. en-US. 0362-4331.
  22. News: Samar Yazbek: ‘Syria has been hung, drawn and quartered’. Hussey. Andrew. 2015-06-28. The Observer. 2019-02-06. en-GB. 0029-7712.

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