Interviews Richard van Leeuwen is a senior lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Amsterdam. This year, he won the 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Arabic Culture in Other Languages category for his book The Thousand and One Nights and Twentieth-Century Fiction: Intertextual Readings, which reveals how the collection of Arab tales supplied an essential source of both inspiration and grounding for many of the writers whose work makes up the twentieth-century literary canon. His book includes analyses of books by both highbrow and popular authors. Additionally, van Leeuwen has published on a variety of other topics, including the history of the Middle East and Arabic literature and Islam. He is also a translator of Arabic literature. Alex Crayon: You won the 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Arabic Culture in Other Languages category for your book The Thousand and One Nights and Twentieth-Century Fiction: Intertextual Readings. What led you to study Arab culture in the first place? What inspired you to investigate the Thousand and One Nights and its connection to the Western literary canon? Richard van Leeuwen: I started studying Arabic language and culture in 1974, when the Middle East was in the center of attention in the various media, mainly for political and economic reasons. I noticed a general lack of knowledge about Arab history and culture, and I saw a rich field of exploration, both in the domain of history... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Digital media company Hearst, home to editorial titles including Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and Country Living, named the marketing agency PMG as its agency of record on Tuesday. According to David Carey, its senior vice president of public affairs and communications, it is... Continue reading at AdWeek
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As of this morning, you can now easily buy ebooks from your local indie bookstore. Thanks to Bookshop.org, the reigning David to Am*zon’s Goliath. As Wired reports, a new platform on the site will now sell ebooks directly to customers. Bookshop users can buy and read titles via a handy-dandy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Newly released longlists from the Zayed Award are in categories of translation, criticism, and 'contribution to nation building.' The post UAE: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Releases Three More Longlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The 19th Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces its new longlists in the categories of Literature, Young Author, Children’s Literature, and Editing of Arabic Manuscripts. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Four of 10 Categories s is the norm for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, this... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The Swiss-themed town of Midway is now home to Folklore Bookshop. Co-owned by children’s author Lindsey Leavitt, Audrey Lind, and Alison Russell, Folklore welcomed customers on October 5 and held a grand opening October 26. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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