{"id":122271,"date":"2024-09-15T18:34:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/?p=122271"},"modified":"2024-09-15T18:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T14:34:43","slug":"renowned-lebanese-novelist-elias-khoury-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/renowned-lebanese-novelist-elias-khoury-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Lebanese Novelist Elias Khoury Dies At 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Renowned Lebanese <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">novelist, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">writer<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">literary <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">critic and<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">academic<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> Elias Khoury<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at the age of 76<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">after battling <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">gastro<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">intestinal<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">illness<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> that had kept him<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> in the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">hospital for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">several<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> months. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Khoury was a recipient of the Sultan <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">B<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">in Ali Al Owais Cultural Award in the field of story, novel, and play during its tenth session. The award cited him as &#8220;one of the Arab novelists who use the novel as a means of both pleasure and knowledge, in a growing body of work that accumulates art and achievement within a modernist vision that embraces both Arab and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">international<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> heritage. Elias Khoury had the ability to <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">monitor and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">capture the transformations of his society and era through a form that blends heritage with modern narration, evolving the language of the novel from the essence of speech and oral dialogue.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Born in Beirut in 1948, Elias Khoury studied history at the Lebanese University and earned his doctorate in social history from Paris. He published his first novel<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> (<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The Circle Meeting<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> in 1975<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">and wrote the screenplay for the 1977 film <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">(<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The Little Mountain<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, which focused on the Lebanese civil war. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Among his most notable works are <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201cT<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">he Journey of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Little<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Gandhi<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201d,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The Kingdom of Strangers<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Yalu<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">. His novel <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Gate of the Sun<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201d,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> known in Arabic as <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Bab <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Al <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Shams<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> retold the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and was later adapted into a film by Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Khoury authored dozens of novels, many of which have been translated into various languages, in addition to writing screenplays, plays and critical essays. He worked as an editor for several Lebanese newspapers and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">served as the editor-in-chief of the weekly cultural supplement of the Lebanese daily <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">An-Nahar.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">He also co-edited several prominent magazines and newspapers, including <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Palestinian Affairs,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Al<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Carmel,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">As-Safir<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">. Additionally, he served as the artistic director of the Beirut Theat<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">re<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> and co-directed the September Festival of Contemporary Arts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">He has also been a visiting professor at prestigious universities in the United States, the Arab world, and Europe, including New York University in 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Khoury was mourned by writers and artists from various Arab countries, including Lebanese historian Fawaz <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Traboulsi<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, Syrian cartoonist Saad Hajo, and Egyptian poet Zine El Abidine Fouad. Yousry Nasrallah, who adapted Khoury&#8217;s novel <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Bab <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Al <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Shams<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> into a film, wrote: &#8220;We are united by our love for life, for justice, for beauty, and for Palestine. Goodbye, my <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">friend<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, Elias.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Lebanese novelist, writer, literary critic and academic Elias Khoury passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at the age of 76, after battling gastrointestinal illness that had kept him in the hospital for several months. 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