# Hisham Matar
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hisham matar (Arabic: هشام مطر) (born 1970) is an American born British-Libyan writer. His memoir of the search for his father, The Return, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and the 2017 PEN America Jean Stein Book Award. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.
Patience Agbabi and Andy Miller
Poet Patience Agbabi and the writer and podcaster Andy Miller advocate for their favourite books. Andy wrote a memoir about reading fifty great books, so it can't have been an easy choice. He plumps for My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley. Patience loves The Animals in that Country, Laura Jean Mackay's…
Steve Backshall and Geraldine Bedell
Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall and Editor of Gransnet Geraldine Bedell discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Geraldine picks 'The Idea of Perfection' by Kate Grenville, a touching romance between two people in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, Australia.
Steve opts f…
On introducing Edward Said: Isabella Hammad and Hisham Matar
Edward Said needs no introductions, but what happens when writers are asked to newly introduce the works that helped define his legacy? In this episode Isabella Hammad, who writes the introduction to a new edition of Said’s “Representations of the Intellectual,” and Hisham Matar, who does the same …
Hisham Matar on Exile, Friendship and Finding Language for the Unspeakable
Award-winning writer Hisham Matar is the author of 'In The Country of Men', which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and 'Anatomy of a Disappearance'. His most recent book, published in January 2024, is the novel 'My Friends'
A brush with... Pio Abad
Pio Abad talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Abad explores objects and images that have personal resonance and political potency. His primary medium is installations comprisi…
The Return by Hisham Matar: Memoir, Grief, and the Quest for Truth in a Land of Exile
In this episode, we discuss Hisham Matar's poignant memoir, The Return, which explores the complex themes of grief, exile, and the search for truth against the backdrop of Libya's tumultuous history under Gaddafi. Matar's narrative oscillates between past and present as he recounts his quest to unc…
On introducing Edward Said: Isabella Hammad and Hisham Matar
Edward Said needs no introductions, but what happens when writers are asked to newly introduce the works that helped define his legacy? In this episode Isabella Hammad, who writes the introduction to a new edition of Said’s “Representations of the Intellectual,” and Hisham Matar, who does the same …
S3E09: Manik Sarkar "Translators need to read, read, and read"
In this episode, Ana Gueberof-Arenas, the PI of the INCREC-Project, sat down with Manik Sarkar, a literary translator from English and French into Dutch. He is the regular translator of Philippe Claudel and Joël Dicker; he has also translated works by James Baldwin, Kamel Daoud, Irène Némirovsky, H…
My Friends by Hisham Matar
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Join us for our very first episode as we discuss My Friends by Hisham Matar, a beautifully told, heartbreaking story about three Libyan friends as they navigate life in exile. In this episode, we talk about political violence, male friendships, bonding after a traumatic event, and …
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