Najwan Darwish

Najwan Darwish is a poet from Jerusalem, Palestine. He has published nine poetry books in Arabic and his work has been translated into over 20 languages. New York Review Books, which published the English translation of his books Nothing More to Lose and Exhausted on the Cross describes him as, “one of the foremost Arabic-language poets”. He has received several awards, most recently: The Sarah Maguire Prize, the Cilento International Poetry Prize and Le Grand prix de Poésie étrangère. Najwan has co-founded and directed several cultural and artistic projects throughout the Arab world and served as an advisor to several Palestinian and Arab cultural initiatives and literary festivals. He has held many key positions in cultural journalism and has been the Chief Cultural Editor of the Arabic-language London-based newspaper Al Araby Al Jadeed since 2014.