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Modern Literature in Egypt |
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Egypt is an exotic country that boasts of refined and high standard of literary work from ancient days. Continuing with the literary tradition, the modern literature of Egypt is equally advanced and cultured. The age from late nineteenth to twentieth century is popularly known as the modern literature in Egypt.
About modern literature in Egypt:
In the modern age, Egypt has underdone a huge renaissance change which has brought new dimensions in every field of life. Egyptian literature has also been touched by this movement which has produced new writers such as Naguib Mahfouz, Muhammad Husayn Haykul, Abdelrahman Munif and more.
Writers of modern literature in Egypt:
Naguib Mahfouz: he is a prominent writer of the modern age who has been honored with the Nobel Prize for the year of 1998. Not only writing literature books, Naguib is also into playwrighting and screenwriting.
Tawfiq-al-Hakim: Born in Alexandria in the year of 1898, Tawfiq was the son of a wealthy person. Apart from writing novels, poems, essays and dramas, he had also worked as a journalist for Akhbar-al-Yorn newspaper.
Abdelrahman Munif: Writer of “Cities of Salt”, Munif has gained immense popularity in western countries. Due to lack of readership in Egypt, the book did not get enough publicity in its nation. The story of the novel deals with a very contemporary subject. It speaks about the story of corruption faced by poor people as an impact of the American business and discovery of oil from a remote oasis of Arab.
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Kahlil Gibran: Kahlil is a fantastic writer of Lebanon whose poetries are widely popular for its mystic approach.
Apart from the above stated writers of modern literature in Egypt, there are many more such as Nawal al Saadawi, Adonis, Rabih Alameddine, Alaa El Aswani, Tawfiq Awwad, Liana Badr, Halim Barakat, Hoda Barakat, Mourid Barghouti, Tahar Ben Jelloun and more.
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