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Yahya Yachluf
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Wikidata: Yahya Yachluf - Q8046935: Palestinian writer, novelist, and politician. Other Names: No Other Names.

Yahya Yachluf (1944) is a Palestinian writer and novelist. Born in Tiberias on the southern bank of Lake Tiberias (Palestine) in the town of Samkh in 1944, his family emigrated to Jordan after the Nakba, lived in Irbid and studied in its schools.

He holds a diploma of teachers and a license of arts from the Arab University of Beirut, worked in teaching and journalism, published his first stories in the Al Ofuk New Magazine, which was published in Jerusalem in the mid-1960s, and then began publishing in the Beirut Journal of Literature, and has about 19 literary works between stories, novelists, and child's literature.

His Career

 * He served as Secretary General of the Palestinian Writers and Journalists Union in 1980.
 * Served as Director General of the PLO's Department of Culture in 1987.
 * He was appointed Minister of Culture in the Palestinian Authority from 2003 to 2006.
 * He was appointed President of the Supreme Council of Culture and Chairman of the Palestinian National Committee for Education, Culture and Science in 2007.
 * He led the Delegations of Palestine to several UNESCO and Alexo conferences.
 * He retired from his official job in May 2012 and was devoted to writing.

His literary works

 * Al-Mohra(stories) 1973.
 * Norma and the Snowman (Stories), 1978.
 * Saq Al-Qasp (children's stories), 1981.
 * Diary of invasion and steadfastness field certificate (documentation book), 2002.
 * Wreath of the Bride - Kafr Baram (Children's Stories), 2014.
 * Messi, football and the wall (children's stories), 2014.
 * Water and honey, (children's stories), 2014.
 * The right tone, (children's stories), 2014.

His Novels

 * Najran Below Zero, 1977.
 * That Rose Woman, 1980.
 * Tufah Almjanin, 1882.
 * Anthem of Life, 1983.
 * That Long Night, 1992.
 * Lake Behind the Wind, 1993.
 * River is Bathing in the Lake, 1997.
 * Sky Water, 2008.
 * Paradise and Fire, 2011.
 * Wind Rider, 2015.
 * Warm Hand, 2018.

Awards and seminars

 * State of Palestine Award for Literature 2000.
 * Gold Medal medal from the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science (Alexo) 2012.
 * Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016 Published Fiction Category, for “The Wind Rider”.
 * He led the Palestine delegation to the 2011 UNESCO Conference, in which the State of Palestine was granted full membership in UNESCO.
 * Participated in conferences and meetings of the Arab Writers' Union, the Asia and Africa Writers' Union, Alexo seminars, ISESCO seminars, seminars and invitations to Arab book fairs.
 * The novel "Warm Hand" was nominated for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the UAE, on the long list of the 13th Edition of Literature (2018-2019).
 * He won the Cairo International Forum for Narrative Creativity Award in 2019.