2026 – Ibrahim Nasrallah

Winner of the 2026 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Ibrahim Nasrallah (b. 1954), winner of the Arabic Booker Prize (2018), was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1954 to Palestinian parents uprooted in 1948. Raised in the Al-Wehdat refugee camp, he was educated in UNRWA schools and graduated from its Teacher Training College in Amman. A prolific poet, novelist, painter, and photographer, Nasrallah has published over forty works, including novels that form part of his celebrated Palestinian Comedy series. His writing, deeply rooted in themes of exile, identity, and resistance, has been translated into multiple languages, earning him international acclaim as one of the most important voices in contemporary Arab literature. Nominated by Shereen Malherbe / Representative text: Time of White Horses