Zeyn Joukhadar Explained

Zeyn Joukhadar
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Syrian American
Education:	Brown University (PhD)
Awards:	Stonewall Book Award (2021) Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Literature (2021)

Zeyn Joukhadar is a Syrian American writer. Joukhadar is the recipient of the 2021 Stonewall Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for The Thirty Names of Night.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Zeyn Joukhadar is nonbinary and uses he/him/they pronouns.^{[4] [5]} Joukhadar is originally from New York City and has a PhD in Pathobiology from Brown University. Prior to pursuing writing full time, he worked as a biomedical research scientist.^[6] His first novel, The Map of Salt and Stars, was published in 2018.^[7]

Published works

Novels

• Book: Joukhadar, Zeyn. The Map of Salt and Stars: A Novel. Atria Books. 2018. 978-1501169038.
• Book: Joukhadar, Zeyn. The Thirty Names of Night

  A Novel

  . Atria Books. 2020. 978-1982121495.

Anthology (Fiction)

• Book: Joukhadar, Zeyn . Kink: Stories . Simon & Schuster. 2021. 978-1982110215. Kwon. R.O. . The Voyeurs . Greenwell . Garth.
• Book: Joukhadar, Zeyn . Northington . Jenn . Williams . S. Zainab . 2023 . Tiresias . Fit For the Gods . Vintage . 9780593469248 .

Anthology (Non-Fiction)

• Book: Joukhadar, Zeyn . Jahshan . Elias . 2022 . Catching the Light: Reclaiming Opera as a Trans Arab . . Saqi Books . 978-0863564789 .
• Book: Joukhadar, Zeyn . Anappara . Deepa . Soomro . Taymour . 2023 . On Queerness . Letters to a Writer of Colour . Vintage . 978-1529115840 .

Honors and awards

Won

The Map of Salt and Stars

• 2018 Middle East Book Award - Youth Literature Award

The Thirty Names of Night

• 2021 Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award
• 2021 Lambda Literary Award - Transgender Fiction

Nominated

The Map of Salt and Stars

• 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist - Historical Fiction
• 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist - Debut Author
• 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize shortlist - Best Published Novel

Short stories and essays

• 2015 Pushcart Prize - "We Will Tell Our Children," first published in Gulf Stream Literary Magazine
• 2020 Pushcart Prize - "Incantations for Unsung Boys," first published in the Columbia Journal

Notes and References

1. Web site: American Library Association. 2 February 2021. 2021 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced. News and Press Center. en.
2. Web site: Jane . Henderson . Lambda Literary Awards announce winners . . June 1, 2021 .
3. News: Memmott. Carol. November 23, 2020. Review: Zeyn Joukhadar's 'The Thirty Names of Night' is a poetic portrait of a trans man's search for a rare bird — and his own identity. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-12-08. 0190-8286.
4. Web site: 2020-11-24. Ten Questions for Zeyn Joukhadar. 2021-12-08. Poets & Writers. en.
5. Web site: Joukhadar, Zeyn. live . The Library of Congress. https://web.archive.org/web/20211208011135/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017048837.html . December 8, 2021 .
6. Web site: Meet the author Zeyn Joukhadar . live . The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. 22 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511125648/https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php/awards/meet-the-author-zeyn-joukhadar . May 11, 2023 .
7. News: Joinson . Suzanne . 2018-06-19 . In a Novel, Mystical Maps and Intertwined Journeys in Syria . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-21 . 0362-4331.