Khaled Khalifa, author of “The notebooks of the bohemians” and “In praise of hatred” (to appear in French at Actes Sud, Italian at Bompiani, Dutch at De Geus, Spanish at Lumen, English at Transworld) is going to Hong Kong on October 10th for a month.

Norwegian publishing house Minuskel recently acquired the rights to Khaled Khalifa’s In praise of hatred.

Syriens ungeliebte Söhne, Susanne Schanda
Wie regimekritische Autoren an der Zensur vorbeischreiben Überdimensionierte Porträts des Präsidenten Bashar al-Asad blicken in ganz Syrien von Plakatwänden und Hausfassaden.

World English rights to Khaled Khalifa’s In praise of hatred have been sold to Transworld, a company part of Random House Group Ltd. since 1999.
In praise of hatred was on the shortlist of the first edition of the Arab Man Booker prize awarded in 2008 in Abu Dhabi.

I was trying to buy a banned book in Damascus by one of Syria’s top literary figures, and to my surprise it seemed to be going rather well.

Italian rights to Khaled Khalifa’s In praise of hatred were sold to Bompiani, Italian publisher part of the RCS Media group.