Mohamed Salah El Azab
Mohamed Salah El Azab | |
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محمد صلاح العزب | |
| Born | 19 September 1981 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian  |
| Occupation | writer, novelist |
Mohamed Salah El Azab (Arabic: محمد صلاح العزب; born 19 September 1981) is an Egyptian writer and novelist.[1]
Early life[]
He was born in Cairo. He has published several novels and short story collections, and has won multiple awards for his fiction. He has been described by Al-Ahram newspaper as "one of Egypt's rising literary talents".[2]
Career[]
His first novel A Long Cellar with a Low Ceiling Making You Crouch was published from Kuwait in 2003. This was followed in 2007 by his second novel Repeated Stopping, published by . His third novel was The Italian's Bed and his fourth Sidi Barrani, the latter published in 2010. He has also published a short story collection called Blue In a Sad Way (2003).
El Azab has won several literary awards, including:
- the Suad Al-Sabah Award for the Novel (Kuwait)
- the Egyptian Higher Council for Culture award for the short story in 1999 and 2004
- the Egyptian Higher Council For Culture award for the novel for 2004
El Azab's work appeared in English translation in Banipal magazine in 2008.[3] He was a participant in the inaugural IPAF Nadwa in 2009. Also in 2009-10, he was selected as one of the Beirut39, a Hay Festival project to highlight the most promising young writers in the Arab world. He participated in the Beirut Hay Festival in April 2010. Jadaliyya magazine published a long interview with El Azab in 2011.[4]
See also[]
- List of Egyptian authors
- List of Egyptian writers
External links[]
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References[]
- ^ "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Mohamed Salah Al-Azab". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "Book review: Tales of Sidi Barrani - Books - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Mohamed Salah Al-Azab". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ جدلية, Jadaliyya -. "Jadaliyya". Jadaliyya - جدلية. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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