Hamdi Abu Golayyel

Hamdi Abu Golayyel (Arabic حمدي أبوجليل, with full name Hamdi Abu Hamid Issa, born 1967 in Al- Fayyūm ) is an Egyptian author.

Life

Hamdi Abu Golayyel was born near the oasis of Al Fayum (Egypt) in 1967. He is of Bedouin origin. Around 1980 he left his homeland and immigrated to Cairo to work as artisans. His first book was published in 1997. Today Hamdi Abu Golayyel lives in Cairo with his wife and two daughters, Hala and Dunya. He is currently publishing director of " Folk and Popular Culture Studies Series in the Mass / Public Administration Culture " of the Egyptian government and participates in the daily newspaper of the Emirates, al -Ittihad al - Jaridat Imaratiyya with.

Works

• Collection of short stories: ( Asrab al - Namlos اسراب النمل ). Swarm of Bees: Kaire, Hayat al - Qusur Thaqafa (1997)

• 2.Sammlung of short stories: Ashya ' matwiyya Shnanaya fa'iqa اشياء طوية بعناية فائقة. Cairo, Al Hay'a al - misriyya al - Shnamma Lil- Kitab (2000)

• Roman: Lusus mutaqa'idum لصوص متقاعدون, Thieves in Retirement, Cairo, Dar Mirit ( 2002). The English translation followed in 2004.

• He has also published a non- fictional work: al- Qahira: Shawari 'wa - hikayat ( Cairo: Streets and Stories, Cairo: al - Maktabat usra, 2003).

Literary Awards

• Ja'izat al - majmu'a al - qisasiyya ( Literature Prize for short story collections ), awarded by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture (1997)

• Ja'izat al - Qissa (price for Fictional Narrative: short stories ), Akhbar al - yawm, Cairo (1999)

• Ja'izat al - IBDA 'al- Shnarabi (Arabic Creative Writing Award), United Arab Emirates (UAE ) (2000)

• He was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature in 2008. Naguib Mahfouz The Literature Prize is regarded as one of the largest awards of Arabic literature.