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Comparative Literature & English
An evening with Palestinian writer Karim Kattan
The Department of Comparative Literature is delighted to welcome the Palestinian writer Karim Kattan for a discussion and celebration of his work. His first book in French, Préliminaires pour un verger futur, published in 2017 by Tunis-based Éditions Elyzad, is one of the main texts studied in our Literary Translation & Creative Writing class. It's a collection of short stories, and a poem on Gaza, "Quand minuit vient", added in 2024.
His first novel, Le Palais des deux collines, also published by Elyzad, won the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie in 2021. The English translation by Jeffrey Zuckerman, published by Foundry Editions in London, comes out this month.
His second novel, L'Éden à l'aube, was published in 2024 and shortlisted for several prizes, including the Prix Renaudot 2024. He is the winner of the Prix international Rotary - Pen Club 2024, the Prix La Cagnotte 2024 and the Prix littéraire du 2e roman de Laval 2024.
He also writes in English; his work has appeared in a number of magazines, including The Paris Review, The Baffler, Strange Horizons, The Funambulist, +972 Magazine, Podcastle, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science-Fiction.