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# Hisham Matar

(1970)   Novelist   Libya

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Hisham Matar is a novelist from Libya, best known for *In the Country of Men*.

## Quick Facts About Hisham Matar

Nationality Libya

Profession Novelist

Notable works In the Country of Men

Known for Anatomy of a Disappearance, In the Country of Men

## About Hisham Matar

Hisham Matar is an American-born British-Libyan novelist, essayist, and memoirist. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, and his memoir of the search for his father, The Return, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and several other awards. Matar's essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times, and many other publications. He has also written several other novels.

## Awards & Honors

Geschwister-Scholl-Preis Pulitzer Prize for Biography Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Orwell Prize for Political Fiction honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne Q136747220

##  Quotes by Hisham Matar · Page 2

> [There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/there-and-then-sitting-beside-her-and-within-the-strength-of-my/)

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[Adoration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/)

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> [The three things that help writing the most are living, writing, and reading. In that order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-three-things-that-help-writing-the-most-are-living-writing-and/)

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> [I am, by instinct, wary of revolutions. The gathering of the masses fills me with trepidation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-am-by-instinct-wary-of-revolutions-the-gathering-of-the-masses/)

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[Gathering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gathering/)

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> [Great writing fills me with hopeful enthusiasm and never envy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/great-writing-fills-me-with-hopeful-enthusiasm-and-never-envy/)

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[Enthusiasm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enthusiasm/)

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> [I think, ultimately, I am a sensualist and an aesthete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-think-ultimately-i-am-a-sensualist-and-an-aesthete/)

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[Aesthete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthete-4342/)

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> [All great art allows us this: a glimpse across the limits of our self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/all-great-art-allows-us-this-a-glimpse-across-the-limits-of-our-self/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“A corrupt mind turns everything to its advantage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/a-corrupt-mind-turns-everything-to-its-advantage/)

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[Corrupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corrupt/)

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> [Political dictatorships take possession not just of money and belongings but of narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/political-dictatorships-take-possession-not-just-of-money-and/)

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[Dictatorships](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dictatorships/)

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> [I admire Turgenev, Camus, Proust and Shakespeare, but I've also learnt a lot about writing from composers and artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-admire-turgenev-camus-proust-and-shakespeare-but-i-ve-also-learnt-a/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [As a young boy in Libya, it was hard to escape the conclusion that the women were the most feeling and most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/as-a-young-boy-in-libya-it-was-hard-to-escape-the-conclusion-that-the/)

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[Escape](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/escape/)

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> [When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/when-i-first-began-writing-in-the-country-of-men-all-i-had-was-the/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

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> [One of the frustrations of prison life, which is also one of its intended consequences, is that the prisoner is made ineffective.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/one-of-the-frustrations-of-prison-life-which-is-also-one-of-its/)

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[Aim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aim/)

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> [To me, writing is like singing in the most inappropriate place, singing as beautifully as you can on a bus or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/to-me-writing-is-like-singing-in-the-most-inappropriate-place-singing/)

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[Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bank/)

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> [“I wanted this world to still. I wanted to fix it and be fixed within it. But everything was on the move,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-wanted-this-world-to-still-i-wanted-to-fix-it-and-be-fixed-within/)

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[Clouds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clouds/)

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> [I think my generation's inability to speak in absolute terms when it comes to politics is a very positive thing; it's made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-think-my-generation-s-inability-to-speak-in-absolute-terms-when-it/)

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[Generation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generation/)

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> [My earliest memory of books is not of reading but of being read to. I spent hours listening, watching the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-earliest-memory-of-books-is-not-of-reading-but-of-being-read-to-i/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [One of the dark truths about dictators - and it applies to Gaddafi - is that on some level, they love their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/one-of-the-dark-truths-about-dictators-and-it-applies-to-gaddafi-is/)

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[Dictators](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dictators/)

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> [“History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/history-remembers-mussolini-as-the-buffoonish-fascist-the-ineffective/)

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[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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> [The romantic idea of the penniless writer is false. It's terrible. I hated being in debt. I hated the anxiety of not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-romantic-idea-of-the-penniless-writer-is-false-it-s-terrible-i/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [“There has not been a day since his sudden and mysterious vanishing that I have not been searching for him, looking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/there-has-not-been-a-day-since-his-sudden-and-mysterious-vanishing/)

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[Elegy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elegy/)

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> [Growing up in the Libya of the 1970s, I remember the prevalence of local bands who were as much influenced by Arabic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/growing-up-in-the-libya-of-the-1970s-i-remember-the-prevalence-of/)

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[Beatles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/)

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> [The space where writing happens is a unique space that's hard to define, and when you're kicked out of it because you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-space-where-writing-happens-is-a-unique-space-that-s-hard-to/)

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[Doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/)

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> [The Arab Spring, with all of its failings and failures, exposed the lie that if we are to live, then we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-arab-spring-with-all-of-its-failings-and-failures-exposed-the-lie/)

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[Arab spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab-spring/)

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> [In Libya, I did well at school because I was clever. In Egyptian public school, I got the highest marks for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/in-libya-i-did-well-at-school-because-i-was-clever-in-egyptian-public/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [“In the end all that remains are numbers, the measurement of distances, the quantity of things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/in-the-end-all-that-remains-are-numbers-the-measurement-of-distances/)

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[Mathematics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mathematics/)

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> [It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/it-is-sometimes-hard-to-escape-the-belief-that-history-exists-against/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/grief-loves-the-hollow-all-it-wants-is-to-hear-its-own-echo/)

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> [The Qaddafis, father and sons, speak the grammar of dictatorship: threats and bribery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-qaddafis-father-and-sons-speak-the-grammar-of-dictatorship/)

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[Corruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corruption/)

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> [“Can you become a man without becoming your father?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/can-you-become-a-man-without-becoming-your-father/)

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[Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baba/)

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> [From my family alone, Qaddafi had imprisoned five men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/from-my-family-alone-qaddafi-had-imprisoned-five-men/)

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[Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/)

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> [The cost of Colonel Gaddafi's rule on Libyan society is incalculable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-cost-of-colonel-gaddafi-s-rule-on-libyan-society-is-incalculable/)

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[Colonel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colonel/)

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> [My father, the political dissident Jaballa Matar, disappeared from his home in Cairo in March 1990.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-father-the-political-dissident-jaballa-matar-disappeared-from-his/)

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[Dissident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dissident/)

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> [I ultimately write for myself and the people I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-ultimately-write-for-myself-and-the-people-i-love/)

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[I love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-love/)

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> [To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/to-be-okay-with-not-knowing-is-a-sign-of-a-mature-person-and-a-mature/)

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[Mature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mature/)

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> [We got rid of Muammar Gaddafi. I never thought I would be able to write these words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/we-got-rid-of-muammar-gaddafi-i-never-thought-i-would-be-able-to/)

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[Gaddafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaddafi/)

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> [Language is not just a code; you are writing into its history, into its tides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/language-is-not-just-a-code-you-are-writing-into-its-history-into-its/)

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[Code](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/code/)

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> [Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/nothing-is-more-acceptable-than-what-we-are-born-into/)

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[Acceptable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptable/)

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> [“Nationalism is as thin as a thread, perhaps that's why many feel it must be anxiously guarded”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/nationalism-is-as-thin-as-a-thread-perhaps-that-s-why-many-feel-it/)

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[Guarded](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guarded/)

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> [“My silence made her say things she didn't need to say..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-silence-made-her-say-things-she-didn-t-need-to-say/)

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[Silence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silence/)

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> [I don't remember a time when words were not dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-don-t-remember-a-time-when-words-were-not-dangerous/)

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[Dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/)

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## Hisham Matar by topic

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