Sufyan Rajab (سفيان رجب) (born 1979) is a
Tunisian writer born in
Enfidha.
He began his career as a poet, moving later on to storytelling.
Career
Rajab has a number of publications including critique articles, poetry, and novels.
He has published various poems in significant Arab newspapers, in addition to critique articles in the
London
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newspaper ''
The Arabs,'' ''
the UAE Cultural Magazine'' and ''
Life's'' cultural magazine.
Furthermore, he is known to be mentioned in significant files in Tunisian literature, such as in books published by the
University of Oregon
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in 2015, joint books between the
National Institute for Translation and the
Federation of Italian Writers in 2017, along with files prepared by the Swedish magazine ''
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'' in 2018.
Moving from poetry to storytelling, ''
The Liberal Monkey (2017)'' was his first novel, following up with his second one, ''
The American Shoe Factory (2021),'' which discusses
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and the adaptation of new ruling systems
Additionally, his short story collection, ''
The Last Hour (2018),'' was shortlisted for the Form Story Award 2019 in Kuwait.
List of Publications
Awards
Rajab won various local and Arab poetry awards, including:
* ''2007 Moufdi Zakaria Award (Algeria)''
* ''2009 Tanga's Award for Poetry''
* ''2018 Afifi Mattar Award for his collection of poetries, The Air Postman''
See also
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Storytelling
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Poetry
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References
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1979 births
Living people
21st-century Tunisian poets
People from Sousse Governorate
Tunisian male short story writers
Tunisian short story writers