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Ibrāhīm Kūnī (sometimes translated as Ibrāhīm al-Kōnī) (Arabic: ابراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer[1][2] and is considered to be one of the most prolific Arab novelists.^{[by whom?]}

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Ibrāhīm Kūnī
Born	1948
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Arabic

Early years

Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ghadamis City, Ibrahim Kuni was brought up on the tradition of the Tuareg, popularly known as "the veiled men" or "the blue men." Mythological elements, spiritual quest and existential questions mingle in the writings of Kuni who has been hailed as magical realist, Sufi fabulist and poetic novelist.

He spent his childhood in the desert and learned to read and write Arabic when he was twelve. Kuni studied comparative literature at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow and then worked as a journalist in Moscow and Warsaw.

Works

By 2007, Kuni had published more than 80 books and received numerous awards. His books have been translated from their original Arabic into 35 languages.^{[citation needed]} His novel Gold Dust appeared in English in 2008. In 2015, Kuni was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

• Ibrahim Kuni, Anubis: A Desert Novel. Translated by William M. Hutchins
• Ibrahim Kuni, Gold Dust. Translated by Elliott Colla. London: Arabia Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-906697-02-0
• Ibrahim Kuni, The Animists. Translated by Elliott Colla.
• Ibrahim Kuni, The Bleeding of the Stone. Translated by May Jayyusi and Christopher Tingley.
• Ibrahim Kuni, The Puppet. Translated by William M. Hutchins.
• Ibrahim Kuni, The Seven Veils of Seth. Translated by William M. Hutchins. Reading, UK: Garnet Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85964-202-3
• Meinrad Calleja, "The Philosophy of Desert Metaphors in Ibrahim al-Koni - The Bleeding of the Stone', 2013, Faraxa Publishers

See also

• The Bleeding of the Stone
• Gold Dust (novel)

External links

• "A Celebration of Ibrahim al-Koni, the Desert, Russian Literature, and 'Swiss Sufism'" from the blog Arabic Literature (in English)
• Rawafed: Documentary Interview with Ibrahim Kuni. Alarabiya.net
• "Academic: The Philosophy of Desert Metaphors in Ibrahim al-Koni - The Bleeding of the Stone" from the blog Commentary/Information on Books of FARAXA Publishing House

References

На других языках

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- [en] Ibrahim Kuni

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[ru] Аль-Куни, Ибрагим

Ибрагим аль-Куни (араб. الكوني ابراهيم‎; род. 1948[1][2][3], Гадамес, Налут) — современный арабоязычный ливийский прозаик, романист, новеллист, публицист и журналист.

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