Doha: The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) announced the nine works competing in all categories of the 11th Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel, totalling 44 novels and nine critical studies. Nine works each fall in the categories of published novels, unpublished novels, unpublished young adult novels, unpublished historical novels, published Qatari novel, and unpublished critical studies.
The nine published novels represent seven Arab countries. Egypt and Palestine take the lead with two novels each, while the other works are from Kuwait, Oman, Syria, Yemen, and Tunisia, with one novel each.
The unpublished novels category includes nine works by novelists from six Arab countries. Egypt took the lead with three, followed by Morocco with two, and one novel from Sudan, Tunisia, Iraq and Palestine.
The unpublished young adult novels include works of novelists from five Arab countries, two each from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria, and one from Syria.
The unpublished critical studies featured nine works from three Arab countries, with Morocco taking the lead with five critical studies, followed by Egypt with three and one from Jordan.
Nine works of novelists from six Arab countries are included in the historical novels category, three from Egypt, two from Jordan, and one novel each from Tunisia, Morocco, Iraq and Yemen.
When it comes to the Qatari novel, eight works in total are qualified to win the category in the 11th Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel.
Katara announced the names of the novelists, novel titles, and critical studies on the Prize’s official website.
The total number of works submitted in the 11th Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel reached 1908.
The unpublished novels reached 923, while the published novels reached 548, which were published in 2024.
The unpublished young adult novels reached 238, critical studies reached 97, as well as nine published Qatari novels and 93 unpublished historical novels.
