Frances E. Liardet (born 10 December 1962) is a writer and translator of

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...

. She studied Creative Writing at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

. She has translated several book-length works, including two books by the modernist Egyptian writer

Edwar al-Kharrat Edwar al-Kharrat ( ar, إدوار الخراط‎; 16 March 1926 – 1 December 2015) was an Egyptian novelist, writer and critic. Early life He was born in Alexandria to a Coptic Christian family. He studied law at Alexandria University and w ...

and one by

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...

winner

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. M ...

. Liardet's first novel, ''The Game'', was chosen as one of the winners of

Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...

in 1994. Her second novel, ''We Must Be Brave'', was published in 2019.Publisher's announcement
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Translations

* '' City of Saffron'' by Edwar al-Kharrat (1989) * '' Down to the Sea'' by Gamil Atia Ibrahim (1991) * '' Girls of Alexandria'' by Edwar al-Kharrat (1993) * ''

Adrift on the Nile ''Adrift on the Nile'' (''Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl'', ar, ثرثرة فوق النيل) is a 1966 book by Egyptian author and Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The novel was later made into a 1971 film, ''Chitchat on the Nile''. The book follows An ...

'' by Naguib Mahfouz (1993)

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1962 births Alumni of the University of East Anglia Arabic–English translators Living people 20th-century British women writers 20th-century British writers {{UK-writer-stub

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