Najwan Darwish is a poet from Jerusalem, Palestine. He has published nine poetry books in Arabic and his work has been translated into over twenty languages. New York Review Books, which published the English translation of his books “Nothing More to Lose” (NYRB Poets, 2014) and “Exhausted on the Cross” (NYRB Poets, 2021) describes him as, “one of the foremost Arabic-language poets”.
His latest book in English translation is “No One Will Know You Tomorrow: Selected Poems, 2014-2024” (Yale University Press, 2024)
He has received several awards, most recently: The Sarah Maguire Prize (UK, 2022), and the Cilento International Poetry Prize (Italy, 2023)