Jabbour al-Douaihy is born in 1949, in Zgharta, a town of north Lebanon. He achieved his doctoral studies in literature in France, and is today a professor of French literature at the Lebanese University of Tripoli.

He translated several works into Arabic, and has written a collection of short stories and two other novels.

Douaihy’s ‘June rain’ was among the six finalists for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, or Arab Man Booker Prize, held at Abu Dhabi in Marsh 2008.

Represented titles

Ayn Warda (Rose Fountain) | Ayn Warda – view details
June rain | Matar Hzayran – view details
Chased away | Charid al-manazel – view details

Other novels by the author

Rayya-of-the-river | Rayya an-nahr | Dar an-nahar -Beirut -Lebanon
Automn Equinox | Iitidal al-kharif | Dar an-nahar -Beirut -Lebanon (University of Arkansas Press – US)