prize "Sharjah Poetry Criticism " The names of the winners will be announced in its fourth session
Sharjah, December 15 / WAM / The General Secretariat of the Sharjah Award for Criticism of Arabic Poetry announced the names of the winners of the fourth session, which came under the title “The Convergence of Literary Genres in Contemporary Arabic Poetry,” and three Arab critics won.
The award is organized under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs at the Department of Culture in Sharjah. It aims to nurture Arabic poetry, stimulate the energies of critics and those interested in studies directed towards the poetic experience and serve the Arab creative arena.
The first place was won by Fathi Bin Belkacem Nasri, from Tunisia, for his research, “Autobiographies in Contemporary Arabic Poetry,” and the second place was won by Dr. Ahmed Jarallah Yassin, from Iraq, for his research “The Convergence of Literary Genres in Contemporary Arabic Poetry,” while Ibrahim Al-Karawi, from Morocco, won third place for his research, “The Poetics of the Transgenre Text: From the Obsession with Rooting to the Question of Boundaries (Towards a Generalized Poetics).” .
Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Qaseer, Director of the Cultural Affairs Department and Secretary-General of the Award, said that since its establishment in 2020, the Sharjah Award for Criticism of Arabic Poetry has received continuous patronage from His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, a patronage that re-read Arabic poetry from a comprehensive critical perspective by Arab critics and presented a new critical vision. Based on the award’s topics that discuss the most prominent issues of poetry with broad horizons.
He added that the current session presents three critical names in the Arab cultural arena who worked with great effort on an important critical topic that discusses “the convergence of literary genres in contemporary Arabic poetry,” and they set their sights on presenting a new critical vision that examines the topic in depth, while being careful to adhere to the award’s criteria.
He pointed out that the award recorded an increase in the number of participants in each session, as in its current session it attracted more than 60 papers distributed in the countries of the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan, and Mauritania, which confirms the importance of the award among Arab critics.
It is noteworthy that the award provides financial rewards to the first three place holders. The first winner receives 100 thousand dirhams, the second winner receives 75 thousand dirhams, and the third winner receives 50 thousand dirhams.
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