Samer Abu Hawwash

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Samer Abu Hawwash
Born1972
NationalityPalestinian
Titlewriter and translator

Samer Abu Hawwash (born 1972) is a Palestinian writer and translator. He was born in Lebanon to a Palestinian refugee family. He has published around ten volumes of poetry, starting with his debut collection Life is Printed in New York (1997). He is also a prolific translator of English-language fiction and non-fiction. Among his notable translations are works by Charles Bukowski, Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Yann Martel, Hanif Kureishi, Denis Johnson and Marilynne Robinson. [1]

He lives in the UAE.

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