Jokha Alharthi
- January 10, 2024
- Writer
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Jokha Alharthi Biography
| Name | Jokha Alharthi |
| Birthday | Jul 16 |
| Birth Year | 1978 |
| Place Of Birth | Oman |
| Birth Country | Oman |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Jokha Alharthi is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on July 16, 1978 in Oman, Oman.
Sayyidat el-Qamar was shortlisted for the Zayed Award 2011. An English translation by Marilyn Booth was published in the UK by Sandstone Press in June 2018 under the title Celestial Bodies, and won the Man Booker International Prize 2019. Sayyidat el-Qamar was the first work by an Arabic- language writer to be awarded the Man Booker International Prize, and the first novel by an Omani woman to appear in English translation. The Man Booker International Prize judges heralded the book as “A richly imagined, engaging and poetic insight into a society in transition and into lives previously obscured.” As of 2020, translation rights to Sayyidat el-Qamar have been sold in Azerbaijani, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish.
Alharthi has published three collections of short stories, three children’s books, and three novels (Manamat, Sayyidat el-Qamar and Narinjah). She has also authored academic works. Her work has been translated into English, Serbian, Korean, Italian, and German and published in Banipal magazine. She was also one of eight participants in the 2011 IPAF Nadwa (writers’ workshop). Alharthi won the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, for her novel Narinjah (Bitter Orange) in 2016. Narinjah will be published in English translation in 2021.
Jokha Alharthi Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jokha Alharthi is one of the richest Writer from Oman. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jokha Alharthi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jokha Alharthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي , born July 1978) also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic. She was educated in Oman and in the United Kingdom. She obtained her PhD in classical Arabic literature from Edinburgh University. She is currently an associate professor in the Arabic department at Sultan Qaboos University.
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Vernon Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Oman. Jokha Alharthi celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.
What is the book Celestial Bodies about?
“Celestial Bodies” tells the subtle and quietly anguished story of several unhappy marriages. Though not a novel about female adultery—the narrated infidelities are all male—it shares with the genre an intense preoccupation with its female characters’ unhappy marital experience.
What happens at the end of Celestial Bodies?
The end of the novel implies that Abdallah may have murdered his autistic son Muhammad , although the novel presents this plot point in ambiguous terms. More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Celestial Bodies.
Where was Jokha Alharthi born?
Oman
Who wrote Celestial Bodies?
Jokha Alharthi
What's the meaning of celestial body?
Celestial bodies or heavenly bodies are objects in space such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars. They form a part of the vast universe we live in and are usually very far from us.