Biography:

Atef Abu Seif was born in Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in1973. He attended school in Gaza. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Birzeit and a masters' degree from Bradford and he received his Ph.D from Italy. He is the author of four novels. He also published a collection of short stories entitled Everything is Normal. He wrote two plays for the theatre: "Mr. Perfect" and "Something is going on", performed by Fikra theatre group in Gaza.

He is the editor-in-chief of Syasat Journal published in Palestine by the Institute of Public Policy. He teaches at Gaza's universities, and is the author of Civil Society and the State: A Theoretical Perspective with Particular Reference to Palestine, published in Amman in 2005.

He is a regular contributor to several Palestinian and other Arabic language newspapers, journals and literary supplements. His work appeared in Banipal Issues 15 & 16.

Abu Saif lives in Gaza City.

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Details:

DOB: 1973.

Country: Palestine

Selected works:

• Shadows in the Memory (1997)
• The Tale of the Harvest Night (1999)
• Snowball (2000)
• The Salty Grape of Paradise (2003 & 2006)
• Civil Society and the State
• Everything is Normal

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Video:
The following interview was recorded for and presented at the Manchester Literature Festival October 2009 with the support of Literature Across Frontiers:

Interview Part 1
Interview Part 2

The following readings were produced by Manchester Literature Festival in association with Literature Across Frontiers:

An Exclusive Morning, translated and read by Alice Guthrie

The Portrait Years, translated and read by Alice Guthrie