Noor Naga is a Canadian-Egyptian writer, most noted for her 2022 novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English.Nadia Owusu, "Two Strangers Meet in a Cafe in Cairo. What Happens Next Is Complicated" . The New York Times, April 12, 2022.
Life
Naga was born in Philadelphia and spent time living in Charleston, South Carolina, until at age seven, she and her family moved to Dubai. She received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. Naga presently lives in Cairo, Egypt.
Bibliography
Washes, Prays (2020) If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English (2022)
Awards and honours Naga received the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's, the Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman Graduate Scholarship, and the Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship from the University of Toronto.
CBC included Naga's Washes, Prays in their "Best Canadian Poetry of 2020" list. If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English received positive media responses, as well. TIME included it on their list of "100 Must-Read Books of 2022,” and BuzzFeed listed it as one of their "Best Books of 2022." Kirkus Reviews gave it a starred review and included it on their "Best Fictional Voices of 2022" list. +Awards for Naga's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef2015Room's Fiction ContestShortlist2017"The Mistress and the Ping"RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers Winner2019DISQUIET Fiction PrizeWinnerAmerican Girl and Boy from ShobrakheitGraywolf Press Africa PrizeWinnerRBC/PEN Canada New Voices AwardWinner2021Washes, PraysGeorge Ellenbogen Poetry AwardHonorable mentionPat Lowther AwardWinner2022If an Egyptian Cannot Speak EnglishCenter for Fiction First Novel PrizeWinnerGiller PrizeShortlistPEN/ Jean Stein Book AwardShortlist
References
External links Official website