Golan Haji | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977 Amouda, Syria |
| Resting place | Paris |
| Alma mater | University of Damascus |
| Occupation(s) | writer, poet, translator |
Golan Haji, (Arabic: جولان حاجي) a Syrian Kurdish writer, poet, and translator, who was born in 1977. He has published three poetry collections including the "Dark Club", which won the first prize in the Muhammad Al-Maghout Poetry Competition in 2006. He has translated several books from English into Arabic such as "Palm-of-the-Hand Stories" by Yasunari Kawabata and the "Dark Harbor" by Mark Strand.
Education and career
Golan Haji, a poet and writer, was born in Amouda which is a Kurdish town in the north of Syria in 1977.[1] He lived in Damascus and then moved to settle in Paris.[2] He studied at the University of Damascus and earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and a postgraduate degree in pathology. Haji started his literary career when he published his first collection of poetry "Called in Darkness" in 2004 which won the Muhammad Al-Maghout Prize in poetry.[3] Then, in 2008, he published his second collection of poetry named "Someone Sees You as a Monster" which was published during the even celebrating Damascus as the Capital of culture.[2][1] In 2016, Haji also published a book of prose which he interviewed a number of Syrian women who spoke about their experience and stories during the Syrian war.[4] Haji has also translated several English books into Arabic including "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Palm-of-the-Hand Stories" by Yasunari Kawabata, and the "Dark Harbor" by Mark Strand.[5][2]
Works
- "Called in Darkness" (original title: Nada fi Al Dolomat), 2004
- “Someone Sees You as a Monster” (original title: thamata mat yaraka wahshan), 2008
- “The Balance of Harm” (original title: Mizan Al Atha), 2016
Books
- “Until the War: Women in the Syrian Revolution” (original title: ila an kamat al harb: nesaa fi thawra al Suryiaa), 2016
Translation
- “Al Mirfaa al Muthlim” (original title: Dark Harbor), 2002
- “Dafatr modelima” (original title: The Secret Notebooks), 2011
- “Stevenson tahta Ashgar al Nakheel” (original title: Stevenson Under the Palm Trees), 2017
- “Hai Asakosa” (original title: Palm-of-the-hand Stories), 2019
Awards
- 2006: He won the first prize in the Muhammad Al-Maghout Poetry Competition for his collections of poetry "Called in the Darkness".
References
- 1 2 "Golan Haji جولان حاجي". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Contributor". Words without Borders. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ↑ إسماعيل, عايد (6 December 2006). "ديوانه الأول "نادى في الظلمات" فاز بجائزة الماغوط . جولان حاجي يقتفي أثر الصوت الشعري". Sauress. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ↑ "جولان حاجي.. "إلى أن قامت الحرب" كتاب يرصد تجربة نساء سوريات في الثورة". France 24. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ↑ ""دكتور جيكل ومستر هايد" تحفة أدبية نادرة". Al Joumhouria. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.