Sufyan Rajab (سفيان رجب) (born 1979) is a Tunisian writer born in Enfidha. He began his career as a poet, moving later on to storytelling.
Career Rajab has a number of publications including critique articles, poetry, and novels.
He has published various poems in significant Arab newspapers, in addition to critique articles in the London newspaper The Arabs, the UAE Cultural Magazine and Life's cultural magazine.
Furthermore, he is known to be mentioned in significant files in Tunisian literature, such as in books published by the University of Oregon in 2015, joint books between the National Institute for Translation and the Federation of Italian Writers in 2017, along with files prepared by the Swedish magazine Caravan in 2018.
Moving from poetry to storytelling, The Liberal Monkey (2017) was his first novel, following up with his second one, The American Shoe Factory (2021), which discusses terrorism and the adaptation of new ruling systems
Additionally, his short story collection, The Last Hour (2018), was shortlisted for the Form Story Award 2019 in Kuwait.
List of Publications +WorksPublication DateLike an Orange above a Poor One's Table (Poetry)2012The Fenced Garden (Poetry)2013Our Peculiar Neighbour's Window (Poetry)2016The Liberal Monkey (Novel) 2017Zoo (Article) 2017Trees Among Wind (Poetry)2017The Final Hour (Short Story Collection)2018The Air Postman (Poetry)2019People of the Red Book (Short Story Collection)2020The Idea of Light (Article) 2020Taboo Forest (Article) 2020Personal Right Case Against Plato (Article) 2021The American Shoe Factory (Novel) 2021
Awards Rajab won various local and Arab poetry awards, including:
2007 Moufdi Zakaria Award (Algeria) 2009 Tanga's Award for Poetry 2018 Afifi Mattar Award for his collection of poetries, The Air Postman
See also Storytelling Poetry
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