thepalestineyoudontknow:In Memory of Ghassan Kanafani : A Palestinian hero .Kanafani was born in Akk
thepalestineyoudontknow:In Memory of Ghassan Kanafani : A Palestinian hero .Kanafani was born in Akka (Acre), Palestine in 1936. During Al-Nakba,he and his family were displaced to Lebanon and later to Syria. He then moved to Kuwait and later to Beirut.Kanafani , the famous Palestinian journalist, novelist, and short story writer, whose writings were deeply rooted in Arab Palestinian culture, inspired a whole generation during and after his lifetime, both in word and deed.. Main themes in his writings are uprootedness, exile, and national struggle. He published several novels and collections of short stories, literary criticism, plays, and historical expositions, including Men in the Sun, All That’s Left to You, Umm Sad, and ‘A`id ila Hayfa.Kanafani was assassinated on July 8, 1972, by a car bomb planted by Israeli agents.By the time of his untimely death, Ghassan had published eighteen books and written hundreds of articles on culture, politics, and the Palestinian people’s struggle. Following his assassination, all his books were re-published in several editions in Arabic. His novels, short stories, plays and essays were also collected and published in four volumes. Many of Ghassan’s literary works have been translated into seventeen languages and published in more than twenty different countries. Some have been adapted for radio plays and theatrical performances in several Arab and foreign countries. Two of his novels were adapted for the screen and turned into feature films. His literary works written between 1956 and 1972 are as important today as they were then. Although Ghassan’s novels, short stories and most of his other literary work were an expression of the Palestinian people and their cause, yet his great literary talents gave his works a universal appeal.“Children are on future”, Ghassan often said. He wrote many stories in which children are the heroes. A collection of his short stories was published in Beirut, in 1978, under the title “Ghassan Kanafani’s Children". The English translation, first published in 1984 and republished in 2000, was entitled “Palestine’s Children"He was posthumously awarded the Lotus Prize for Literature by the Conference of Afro-Asian Writers. -- source link