ربيع جابر

Rabee Jaber

Lived: 1972– Country: Lebanon Era: Contemporary (post-2000) Titles indexed: 0

Beirut novelist; one of the most prolific Arabic literary writers of his generation.

Jaber has published more than twenty novels in twenty-five years — historical, fantastical, urban — including the Beirut trilogy and The Druze of Belgrade, which won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2012.

Recurring themes

Beirut as historical layer-cake the Arab encounter with Europe the prolific contemporary novelist wartime and post-war Lebanon

Selected works

  • 1995Black Tea
  • 2011The Druze of Belgrade
  • 2005Mehlis Report
  • 2008Confessions

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