Zeyn Joukhadar
Zeyn Joukhadar[1][2][3] is a Syrian American writer.
Joukhadar is the recipient of the 2021 Stonewall Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for The Thirty Names of Night.[4][5]
Biography[]
Zeyn Joukhadar is nonbinary and uses he/him/they pronouns.[6][7] They have also published under the name Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar.[2][3]
Joukhadar has a PhD in Pathobiology from Brown University. Prior to pursuing writing full time, he worked as a biomedical research scientist.[8]
Published works[]
Novels[]
- Joukhadar, Zeyn (2018). The Map of Salt and Stars: A Novel. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1501169038.
- Joukhadar, Zeyn (2020). The Thirty Names of Night: A Novel. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1982121495.
Anthology[]
- Kwon, R.O.; Greenwell, Garth, eds. (2021). "The Voyeurs". Kink: Stories. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1982110215.
Honors and awards[]
Won[]
The Map of Salt and Stars[]
- 2018 Middle East Book Award - Youth Literature Award
The Thirty Names of Night[]
- 2021 Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award
- 2021 Lambda Literary Award - Transgender Fiction
Nominated[]
The Map of Salt and Stars[]
- 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist - Historical Fiction
- 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist - Debut Author
- 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize shortlist - Best Published Novel
Short stories and essays[]
- 2015 Pushcart Prize - "We Will Tell Our Children," first published in Gulf Stream Literary Magazine
- 2020 Pushcart Prize - "Incantations for Unsung Boys," first published in the Columbia Journal
References[]
- ^ Memmott, Carol (November 23, 2020). "Review: Zeyn Joukhadar's 'The Thirty Names of Night' is a poetic portrait of a trans man's search for a rare bird — and his own identity". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ a b Chang, A. (30 November 2020). "'The Thirty Names of Night': A Story Of Self-Discovery And Self-Acceptance". NPR.org. NPR.
- ^ a b Memmott, Carol (2 December 2020). "Portrait of a Syrian American trans man is a rare bird, indeed - Book review". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ American Library Association (2 February 2021). "2021 Barbara Gittings Literature Award and Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award of the Stonewall Book Awards Announced". News and Press Center.
- ^ Jane Henderson, "Lambda Literary Awards announce winners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 1, 2021.
- ^ "Ten Questions for Zeyn Joukhadar". Poets & Writers. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Joukhadar, Zeyn". The Library of Congress.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Meet the author Zeyn Joukhadar". The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. 22 August 2021.
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Categories:
- Brown University alumni
- 21st-century American novelists
- Stonewall Book Award winners
- Transgender and transsexual writers
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Lambda Literary Award winners
- Non-binary writers
- LGBT American people of Asian descent