Sausan Jamil Hasan (born 1957) is a Syrian doctor and writer. She trained in medicine at Tishreen University in Latakia. After three decades of working as a doctor at both home and abroad, she gave up her medical career to become a full-time writer. Her works include:

  • Harir al-Zalam (Silk of Darkness) 2009,
  • Alf Layla fi Layla (A Thousand Nights in One Night) 2010,
  • Al-Nabbashun (The Waste Pickers) 2012,
  • Qamis al-Layl (Night Gown) 2014.

Her 2022 novel My Name is Zayzafoune was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Brooklyn Rail". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Sausan Jamil Hasan - International Prize for Arabic Fiction". arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2023-04-09.


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