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Jabbour Douaihy was born on 1949 in Zgharta, Lebanon, is a Lebanese writer (1949–2021). Discover Jabbour Douaihy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Born 1949, 1949
Birthday 1949
Birthplace Zgharta, Lebanon
Date of death 23 June, 2021
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Nationality Lebanon

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Jabbour Douaihy (جبور الدويهي; 1949 – 23 June 2021) was a critically-acclaimed Lebanese writer, translator, and professor of literature.

His novels were nominated four times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and he has also published translations, short story collections, and children's books.

His work, mostly originally in Arabic, has been translated several languages, including English and French.

1949

Douaihy was born in Zgharta, Lebanon in 1949 and was a member of the city's prominent El Douaihy family.

He obtained a PhD in comparative literature from the New Sorbonne University and served a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University of Tripoli.

He was also known for mentoring younger writers, such as through the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa.

Academic and translator Paula Haydar describes Jabbour as "a master of detail" in his writing.

Douaihy was nominated four times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the most prestigious literary award in the Arab region.

He was shortlisted three times and longlisted once.

He is one of only five authors to have received such repeated recognition by this award.

2001

Autumn Equinox (2001) was the first of Douaihy's novels to be translated into English, by Nay Youssef Hannawi, and it won the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award.

2008

His 2008 novel June Rain was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize and has been translated into several languages.

2013

The Vagrant was also awarded Institut du Monde Arabe's 2013 annual award for the best Arabic novel translated into French.

His work has also received awards and award nominations in translation.

2014

Paula Haydar's translation of June Rain was runner-up for the Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation in 2014.

He has also been translated into French by Stephanie Dujols.

A book-length critical analysis of his work was published in 2021 under the title Jabbour Douaihy: Novelist of Lebanese Life."

=== Novels ===

On 23 July 2021 Douaihy died after a long illness.

2020

His last novel, The King of India, was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2020.

The Vagrant and The American Neighborhood were also nominated for the Arabic Booker.