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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 3

> [I am longing to see Libya rejoin the world as the internationalist Mediterranean country that it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-am-longing-to-see-libya-rejoin-the-world-as-the-internationalist/)

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> [The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the remnant chains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/the-arab-spring-is-a-powerful-and-compelling-response-not-only-to-an/)

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> [I've never been particularly interested in genre distinctions. They seem to me more useful to a librarian than to a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-ve-never-been-particularly-interested-in-genre-distinctions-they/)

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> [Libyans are deeply unsettled by Gaddafi and his regime's careless contempt for human life. The dictatorship is willing to employ any methods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/libyans-are-deeply-unsettled-by-gaddafi-and-his-regime-s-careless/)

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> [I am terribly interested in the paragraph: the paragraph as an object, the construction, and the possibilities of what a paragraph can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-am-terribly-interested-in-the-paragraph-the-paragraph-as-an-object/)

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> [For an overwhelming majority of my life, my country has been a source of pain, fear, and embarrassment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/for-an-overwhelming-majority-of-my-life-my-country-has-been-a-source/)

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> [My family settled in Cairo in 1980. I was nine. I missed Libya terribly, but I also took to Cairo. I perfected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-family-settled-in-cairo-in-1980-i-was-nine-i-missed-libya-terribly/)

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> [In 2006, I published my first novel, 'In the Country of Men.' The publication of the book gave me a bigger platform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/in-2006-i-published-my-first-novel-in-the-country-of-men-the/)

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> [“How readily and thinly we procure these fictional selves, deceiving the world and what we might have become if only we hadn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/how-readily-and-thinly-we-procure-these-fictional-selves-deceiving/)

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> [From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/from-before-i-was-born-we-arabs-have-been-caught-between-two-forces/)

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> [Whenever I was encouraged by my elders to pick up a book, I was often told, 'Read so as to know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/whenever-i-was-encouraged-by-my-elders-to-pick-up-a-book-i-was-often/)

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> [When a dictatorship imprisons someone or makes them disappear, it's actually a very strategic move. We forget that. It's not as senseless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/when-a-dictatorship-imprisons-someone-or-makes-them-disappear-it-s/)

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> [We have defeated Gaddafi on the battlefield; now we must defeat him in our imagination. We must not allow his legacy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/we-have-defeated-gaddafi-on-the-battlefield-now-we-must-defeat-him-in/)

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> [Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/season-of-migration-to-the-north-by-tayeb-salih-is-an-eloquent-and/)

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> [Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/like-most-dictators-col-gaddafi-detests-the-metropolis-his-vision-of/)

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> [My parents were fairly laid-back, but there were certain things about which they were very strict. My brother and I were told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/my-parents-were-fairly-laid-back-but-there-were-certain-things-about/)

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> [“And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that 'knowing a book by heart is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/and-i-remember-this-man-who-never-ran-out-of-poems-telling-me-once/)

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> [I hope and pray that I'll be one of those fortunate people who have many, many books to write. I don't begrudge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-hope-and-pray-that-i-ll-be-one-of-those-fortunate-people-who-have/)

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> [Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/civil-war-is-a-national-crisis-and-also-a-private-trauma-we-suffer-it/)

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> [Audacity, hope, courage - the Libyans have these in abundance. But all those boring little things - like organization, building a committee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/audacity-hope-courage-the-libyans-have-these-in-abundance-but-all/)

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> [A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a struggle between rage and hope,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/a-revolution-is-not-a-painless-march-to-the-gates-of-freedom-and/)

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> [Gaddafi tried to give a masterclass to men like the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, on how to crush a civilian uprising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/gaddafi-tried-to-give-a-masterclass-to-men-like-the-syrian-dictator/)

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> [It is evident that Qaddafi is mentally unwell. Like Richard III, he has barricaded himself within lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/it-is-evident-that-qaddafi-is-mentally-unwell-like-richard-iii-he-has/)

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> [Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/throughout-my-entire-life-i-have-lived-in-the-shadow-of-the/)

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> [There's something very bizarre about having a father who has disappeared. It's very hard to articulate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/there-s-something-very-bizarre-about-having-a-father-who-has/)

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> [As part of the ritual of becoming a man, my maternal uncle, a judge, and his four sons, each older than me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/as-part-of-the-ritual-of-becoming-a-man-my-maternal-uncle-a-judge-and/)

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> [Some of the most powerful memories are those when you are very, very young. Adult life is seen through the reflection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/some-of-the-most-powerful-memories-are-those-when-you-are-very-very/)

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> [There is a tendency to over-exaggerate and over-romanticise the place of a writer in a revolution. That bothers me. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/there-is-a-tendency-to-over-exaggerate-and-over-romanticise-the-place/)

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> [I lost my father when I was 19, so the majority of my life has been under this cloud, and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-lost-my-father-when-i-was-19-so-the-majority-of-my-life-has-been/)

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> [Over the centuries, close-knit tribes have played an important part in the cohesion of Libyan society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/over-the-centuries-close-knit-tribes-have-played-an-important-part-in/)

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> [Nothing we read can import new or foreign feelings that we don't, in one form or another, already possess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/nothing-we-read-can-import-new-or-foreign-feelings-that-we-don-t-in/)

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> [In the same way that Egypt and Libya conspired to 'disappear' my father and silence writers such as Idris Ali, they made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/in-the-same-way-that-egypt-and-libya-conspired-to-disappear-my-father/)

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> [I've never thought of myself in terms of an identity. I'm always baffled when I encounter someone who gives the impression about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/i-ve-never-thought-of-myself-in-terms-of-an-identity-i-m-always/)

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> [Nothing makes you feel more stupid than learning a new language. You lose your confidence. You want to disappear. Not be noticed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/nothing-makes-you-feel-more-stupid-than-learning-a-new-language-you/)

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> [Grenfell, the building set on fire with the help of its own face, is a scene of a complex injustice: one that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/grenfell-the-building-set-on-fire-with-the-help-of-its-own-face-is-a/)

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> [Switching languages is a form of conversion. And like all conversions, whether it's judged a failure or a success, it excites the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-matar/switching-languages-is-a-form-of-conversion-and-like-all-conversions/)

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## Hisham Matar by topic

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