Lateefa Buti
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Lateefa Buti (Arabic : لطيفة بطي) is a Kuwaiti writer. She has published many book for children including "Hatless" which won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for category of children's literature and was translated into English by Nancy Roberts.
Career
Lateefa Buti is a Kuwaiti writer for children. She has published two short story collections including 'The Mermaid" and "My Country, Ininkayo". In 2003, she started writing books for children. Buti has contributed in writing stories for the Kuwaiti magazine "Al Arabi Al Sagheer" including "Salem and Salma" and "My City Kuwait". Also, she has written some cultural heritage stories and folklore for Al Jazeera Children Channel and Al Baraem Channel. Buti won several awards, including the first place award for Children's Theater Writing Competition at the level of the State of Kuwait, the second place in the Children's Theater Writing Competition at the level of the Arab world which was held by the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature in Kuwait in 2013, and won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for category of Children's Literature for her book "Hatless" in 2017. She is the founder of "Dar al-Ruslan" for publishing which is the first Kuwaiti publishing house for children's book.[1][2][3][4]
Works
Some of her works:
Short story collections
- "My Country, Ininkayo" (original title: Baladi Inenkaio), 2001
- "The Mermaid" (original title: Aroos Al-Bahr)
Plays
- "The Princess Salma" (original title: al-Amira Salma)
- "The Hunter Saleh" (original title: al-Sayad Saleh)
Children's book
- "Why Did the Young Foal Neighed?" (original title: Limatha Sahalat Al Muhra Al Sageera?), 2010
- "Miss Chicken" (original title: Al Anesa Dajaja), 2016
- Khanfesa Tanesfna
- Nayel's Gloves
- "Gregaan and the Kangaroo" (original title: Greegaan wa al Kangar), 2017
- "The Greyhound Puppy" (original title: al-Garw sloogi), 2017
- "Hatless" (original title: Bela Qubaa), 2017
- "Children and Rainbow Colors" (original title: al-Atfal wa Qaous Qusah), 2017
- "The Black Smile in the White City" (orignial title: al-Ibtisama al-baidaa fi al-madina al-sawdaa), 2017
Awards
- She won the first place award for Children's Theater Writing Competition at the level of the State of Kuwait.
- 2013: won the second place in the Children's Theater Writing Competition at the level of the Arab world which was held by the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature in Kuwait.
- 2017: won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for category of Children's Literature for her book "Hatless" in 2017. She is the founder of "Dar al-Ruslan" for publishing which is the first Kuwaiti Publishing house for children's book.
See also
References
- ^ "Lateefa Buti". Sheikh Zayed Book Award. 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "SHEIKH ZAYED BOOK AWARD ELEVENTH SESSION WINNERS ANNOUNCED". National Cultural Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kuwait's Lateefa Buti wins 11th Sheikh Zayed Book Award". Kuwait News Agency. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Anderson, Porter (27 February 2020). "The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2020: Shortlists and a London Book Fair Event". Publishing perspectives. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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