Rima Elkouri is a Canadian journalist and writer.Nikky Manfredi, "Rima Elkouri's novel Manam is a tribute to her grandmother and forgotten women in history". CBC Books, October 29, 2022. She is most noted for her novel Manam, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2022."Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022.
A journalist and columnist for La Presse, she first published Manam in French in 2019."Le roman Manam, de Rima Elkouri : le devoir de mémoire". Ici Radio-Canada Première, October 30, 2019. with the English translation by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott following in fall 2021."65 Canadian works of fiction to watch for in fall 2021". CBC Books, August 12, 2021.
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