Ibrahim al-Koni

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Ibrahim al-Koni is a Libyan writer and one of the most prolific Arab novelists. He was born in 1948 in Ghadames, in the Fezzan region, and was raised in Tuareg traditions, spending his childhood in the desert; he learned to read and write Arabic at the age of twelve. He studied literature and journalism at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow and worked as a journalist in Moscow and Warsaw before moving to Switzerland in 1993. By 2007 he had published more than 80 books, translated into 35 languages. His honours include the Mohamed Zafzaf Prize for the Arab Novel (2005), the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2006) and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (2008), and he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015.

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• أنوبيس (2002) · Anubis Core Canon

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• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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