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

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( / 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 (Islam), Adab'', which comes from a meaning of etiquett ...

. She studied creative writing at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

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

Edwar al-Kharrat Edwar al-Kharrat (‎; 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 worked briefly in banking an ...

and one by

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

winner

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through wo ...

. 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 at least , with normally one author receiving a larger prize amount ( ...

in 1994. Her second novel, ''We Must Be Brave'', was published in 2019.Publisher's announcement
/ref> She published ''Think of Me'' in 2022.

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* '' City of Saffron'' by Edwar al-Kharrat (1989) * ''

Down to the Sea ''Down to the Sea'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Robert Lee Johnson and Wellyn Totman. The film stars Russell Hardie, Ben Lyon, Ann Rutherford, Irving Pichel, Fritz Leiber and Vince Barnett. The film ...

'' 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'', ) 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''. It was translated from Arabic into English in 1993 by ...

'' 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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