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About Alia Mamdouh
Alia Mamdouh, also spelled Aliyah Mamduh (Arabic: عالية ممدوح, romanized: ʻĀliyah Mamdūḥ; born 1944) is an Iraqi novelist, author, and journalist living in exile in Paris, France.
She won the 2004 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her novel The Loved Ones. She is most known for her widely acclaimed and translated book Naphtalene, originally written in Arabic. Her 2020 novel The Tank was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Mamdouh was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1944. After completing her degree in psychology from the University of Mustansiriya in 1971, while at the same time working as editor-in-chief of Al Rasid magazine and editor of al-Fikr al-mua’sir magazine, Mamdouh decided to move in 1982. She has since lived in Beirut, Morocco, and finally Paris, where she currently lives. She continues to write.
She cites Albert Camus as an influence.
She won the 2004 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her novel The Loved Ones. She is most known for her widely acclaimed and translated book Naphtalene, originally written in Arabic. Her 2020 novel The Tank was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Mamdouh was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1944. After completing her degree in psychology from the University of Mustansiriya in 1971, while at the same time working as editor-in-chief of Al Rasid magazine and editor of al-Fikr al-mua’sir magazine, Mamdouh decided to move in 1982. She has since lived in Beirut, Morocco, and finally Paris, where she currently lives. She continues to write.
She cites Albert Camus as an influence.