Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (born in 1919 died in 1994) is a Palestinian author. He was born in Bethlehem. He was educated in Jerusalem and, later, at Cambridge University. He settled in Iraq following the events of 1948. He was a poet, novelist, translator and literary critic. One of his novels is "In Search of Walid Masoud". He also translated some English plays to Arabic. He has around 70 books between novels and translated material, his work has been translated into more than 12 languages.
Partial Bibliography
Arabic:
1. Tammūz fī al-Madīnah. 1959. (Tammuz in the City)
2. al-Ḥurrīyah wa-al-Tūfān. 1960.
3. al-Madār al-Mughlaq. 1964.
4. al-Riḥlah al-Thāminah. 1967. (The Eighth Journey)
5. al-Safīnah. 1970. (The Ship)
6. ‘Araq wa-Qiṣaṣ Ukhrā. 1974.
7. Ṣurākh fī Layl Ṭawīl. 1974. (A Cry in a Long Night)
8. Jawād Sālim wa-Nuṣb al-Ḥurrīyah. 1974.
9. al-Nār wa-al-Jawhar. 1975. (Fire and Essence)
10. Baḥth ‘an Walīd Mas‘ūd. 1978. (Searching for Walid Masud)
11. Yanābi‘ al-Ru’yā. 1979.
12. Law’at al-Shams. 1981.
13. ‘Ālam bi-lā kharā’iṭ. 1982. (A World without Maps) (with 'Abd al-Raḥmān Munīf)
14. al-Ghuraf al-Ukhrā. 1986. (The Other Rooms)
15. al-Bi'r al-ulā. 1987. (The First Well)
16. Malik al-Shams. 1988.
17. Yawmiyyat Sarāb ‘Affān: Riwāyah. 1992.
18. Shari‘ al-Amirāt : Fusūl min Sīrah Dhātiyyah. 1994.
English:
1. Hunters in a Narrow Street. 1960.
2. The Ship. Trans. by Adnan Haydar & Roger Allen. 1985.
3. The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood. Trans. by Issa Boullata. 1995.
4. In Search of Walid Masoud. Trans. by Adnan Haydar & Roger Allen. 2000.
5. Princesses' Street: Baghdad Memories. Trans. by Issa Boullata. 2005.
6. The Journals of Sarab Affan. Trans. by Ghassan Nasr. 2007.
Translations (English to Arabic):
1. Mas’at Hāmlit, Amīr al-Dānmārk. 1979. (Shakespeare's Hamlet)
2. Sūnītāt. 1983. (Shakespeare's Sonnets)
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