| 词条 | Saleem Haddad |
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| birth_name = Saleem Haddad | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place=Kuwait City, Kuwait | death_date = | death_place = | nationality=United Kingdom, Lebanon, Jordan | alias= | notable works=Guapa | education = | spouse = | website = {{ URL | saleemhaddad.com }} }}Saleem Haddad (born 1983 in Kuwait) is an author and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, whose debut novel Guapa was published in 2016.[1] Early lifeSaleem Haddad was born in Kuwait City in 1983 to a Lebanese-Palestinian father and an Iraqi-German mother,[2] and was educated in Jordan, Canada, and the United Kingdom.[2] BooksHaddad's debut novel Guapa was released in March 2016 by Other Press.[3] The book, set over 24 hours, tells the story of Rasa, a gay man living in an unnamed Arab country, and trying to carve out a life for himself in the midst of political and religious upheaval.[3] The novel was excerpted by VICE, and received widespread acclaim, with The New Yorker calling it a "vibrant, wrenching début novel".[4] According to Book Riot, "Haddad maps postcolonial theory, post-revolutionary malaise, and post-outing upheaval onto your standard post-college, what-am-I-doing-with-my-life aimlessness, creating something wonderful and fascinating in the process."[5] As part of the London Literature Festival, Haddad was awarded the Polari First Book Prize 2017. The prize is awarded annually to a writer whose first book explores the LGBT experience, whether in poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction.[6] Other workHaddad's work has also appeared in Slate and Muftah. He has also worked as an aid worker with Doctors Without Borders and other organizations in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq.[7] He currently lives in London with his partner.[7] References1. ^"Guapa By Saleem Haddad". WAMC, May 19, 2016. 2. ^1 "Author Saleem Haddad on the Middle East's 'don't ask, don't tell' gay culture". Attitude, March 8, 2016. 3. ^1 "REVIEW: 'Guapa,' by Saleem Haddad". Star Tribune, April 22, 2016. 4. ^"Briefly Noted". The New Yorker, May 16, 2016. 5. ^"Buy, Borrow, Bypass: Finding Your Place in the World". Book Riot, April 11, 2016. 6. ^Attitude: Saleem Haddad wins Polari first book book prize 7. ^1 "Saleem Haddad: On the Arab Spring and Writing About the Queer Arab Experience". Lambda Literary Foundation, May 21, 2016. External links
19 : 1983 births|Living people|Kuwaiti novelists|Kuwaiti people of German descent|Kuwaiti people of Iraqi descent|Kuwaiti people of Lebanese descent|Kuwaiti people of Palestinian descent|Kuwaiti emigrants to the United Kingdom|Gay writers|British male novelists|English people of German descent|English people of Iraqi descent|English people of Lebanese descent|English people of Palestinian descent|21st-century British novelists|LGBT writers from England|Writers from London|LGBT Muslims|21st-century British male writers |
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