Biography:
Lina Hawyan al-Hassan (لينا هويان الحسن) was born in Hama January 1977. She graduated in Philosophy from the University of Damascus in 2001. Since 1998 she has published five novels and one collection of poetry. The first edition of Banat Na’ash, was published in 2005 by Dar Shahrazad, Damascus. In 2008, the third edition was published by Dar Mamdouh Adwan. Lina works as a journalist for the culture section of the Syrian newspaper, Al-Thawra.
Her novel Diamonds and Women is short listed for the Arabic Booker prize in 2015.
From banipal.co.uk
Publications:
- معشوقة الشمس " رواية" 1998
- مرآة الصحراء " كتاب توثيقي عن البدو" 2000
- التروس القرمزية " رواية " 2001
- التفاحة السوداء " رواية"2003
- آنا كارنينا-تفاحة الحلم " دراسة سيكولوجية" 2004
- بنات نعش " رواية" 2005
- سلطانات الرمل "رواية" 2009
- نمور صريحة "مجموعة شعرية" صادرة عن وزارة الثقافة السورية 2011
- رجال وقبائل " كتاب توثيقي عن أعلام البادية السورية" 2013
- نازك خانم " رواية" 2014
- ألماس ونساء " رواية " 2014
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