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George Yaraq
Novelist

George Yaraq

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Writing the Lebanese civil-war novel Guard of the Dead.

Night · Guard of the Dead

Born
1958
Birthplace
Unknown

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George Yaraq

George Yaraq is a Lebanese novelist and journalist. His fiction explores violence and memory against the background of Lebanon’s civil war.

Early life

Lebanese background

Was born in Lebanon in 1958.

Career

  1. Journalism

    Editing and writing

    Worked for Lebanese newspapers, magazines and publishers.

  2. 2013

    Novel debut

    Published Night.

  3. 2016

    Prize shortlist

    Guard of the Dead was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

Selected work

Night

His first novel.

Guard of the Dead

Follows a hospital undertaker amid the aftermath of conflict.

Beyond work

Literary circulation

Guard of the Dead later appeared in English through the American University in Cairo Press.

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