The Most Famous
WRITERS from Oman
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Omani Writers of all time. This list of famous Omani Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jokha Alharthi (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 35.99, Jokha Alharthi is the most famous Omani Writer. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Jokha Alharthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي), also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic, known for winning the Man Booker International Prize in 2019 for her novel Sayyidat al-Qamar (Arabic: سيدات القمر), published in English under the title Celestial Bodies. Alharthi is the first Arab author to win the Man Booker International Prize. She has written four novels in Arabic, two of which have been translated into English.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Omani writers born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Omani writers include Jokha Alharthi.
