Osama Alomar (Arabic: اسامة الحويج العمر; born 1968 in
Damascus
Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...
,
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
), is a Syrian short story writer poet and essayist. He is especially recognized for his work in the
"very short story" medium. He has published three fiction collections in Arabic: ''أيها الانسان (O Man)'', ''ربطة لسان (Tongue Tie)'', and ''جميع الحقوق غير محفوظة (All Rights Not Reserved)'', as well as one volume of poetry, ''قال إنسان العصر الحديث (Man Said the Modern World)''. The 2007 winner of Egypt's Najlaa Muharam Short Story Contest, his work has been heard on the
BBC Arabic Service and he is a regular contributor to various newspapers and journals in Syria and the Arab community, including Tishrin, an-Nur, Spot Light, al-Halil, Adab wa Naqd, and al-Ghad. His work has appeared in English translation in ''
Noon (Literary Annual)'', ''
Gigantic (magazine)
''Gigantic'' is an American literary journal that publishes fiction, art and interviews. In particular, it focuses on short prose or flash fiction. Print issues also have included a special poetry section entitled "The Seizure State," curated by ...
'', ''
Coffin Factory'', and ''
The Literary Review
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'', as well as the online journals
Conjunctions and
The Outlet. Alomar is currently based in
Chicago
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.
Bibliography
Works in Arabic
* ''أيها الانسان (O Man)''. Beirut, 1999. Short Stories.
* ''قال إنسان العصر الحديث (Man Said the Modern World)''. Damascus, 2000. Poetry.
* ''ربطة لسان (Tongue Tie)''. Damascus, 2003. Short Stories and Meditations.
* ''جميع الحقوق غير محفوظة (All Rights Not Reserved)'', 2008. Short Stories.
Publications in English
* "Seven Very Short Stories" in ''Noon 2010''.
* "Eleven Stories" in ''Web Conjunctions'', May 3, 2011.
* "Two Stories by Osama Alomar" in ''The Outlet'', March 18, 2011.
* "Breaking News" (10 stories) in "Coffin Factory" vol. 1, #2, February 2012.
* "Selections from All Rights Not Reserved, Tongue Tie, and O Man." in "The Literary Review" vol.55, no. 2 (Spring 2012).
* "Fullblood Arabian" translated by C. J. Collins with the author, a New Directions Poetry Pamphlet
* "Four Very Short Stories" in "Gigantic" issue 6, October 2014.
* ''The Teeth of the Comb and Other Stories'' translated by C. J. Collins with the author. New Directions, 2017.
External links
*
Big Other'
Noon 2010The OutletCoffin Factory
Writers from Damascus
Syrian male short story writers
Syrian short story writers
1968 births
Living people
Male poets
20th-century Syrian poets
20th-century short story writers
21st-century poets
21st-century short story writers
Syrian male writers
Syrian expatriates in the United States
20th-century male writers
21st-century male writers
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