The essential Yusuf Idris : masterpieces of the Egyptian short story / / edited by Denys Johnson-Davies

• Autore: Idris Yusuf
• Pubblicazione: Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Short stories, Arabic; Short stories, Egyptian
• Altri autori: Johnson-DaviesDenys
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Body
• Sommario/riassunto: Yusuf Idris (1927-91), who belonged to the same generation of pioneering Egyptian writers as Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim, is widely celebrated as the father of the Arabic short story. He studied and practiced medicine, but his interests were in politics and the support of the nationalist struggle, and in writing-and his writing, whether in his regular newspaper columns or in his fiction, often reflected his political convictions. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature more than once, and when the prize went to Naguib Mahfouz in 1988, Idris felt that he had been passed over
• Altri titoli varianti: Masterpieces of the Egyptian short story
• Titolo autorizzato: The essential Yusuf Idris
• ISBN: 9781617971679; 1617971677; 9781936190355; 1936190354
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967419203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II