Mekkawi Said

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Mekkawi Said (Arabic: مكاوي سعيد‎;  6 July 1956 – 2 December 2017) was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer.^[1][2]

Early life[]

He studied at Cairo University. He worked as a scriptwriter and publisher, operating the Al-Dar publishing house in Cairo.^[3]

Career[]

Said published his first book, a collection of short stories, in 1981. Since then, he has published several more short story collections and two novels. His second novel Cairo Swan Song was a bestseller and was nominated for the inaugural Arabic Booker Prize in 2008. The novel has also been translated into English by and published by the AUC Press.

Awards and honors[]

Said was a recipient of the Egyptian State Prize for Literature.

References[]

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