Gamal al-Ghitani
Gamal al-Ghitani ( Arabic جمال أحمد الغيطاني Jamal Ahmad al-Ghitani , DMG Ǧamāl Aḥmad al-Ġīṭānī ; * May 9, 1945 in Guhaina , Upper Egypt ; † October 18, 2015 in Cairo ) was an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Life
After training as a carpet designer, al-Ghitani has worked as a journalist since 1968 and has since published numerous short stories and novels. For several years he was head of the cultural department of the daily Al-Akhbar .
His work criticizes the social and political development in Egypt since it opened to the West. Stylistically, his texts were often based on medieval Arabic models. In this way he tried to establish a special Arab-Egyptian storytelling tradition in the modern literature of his country. His historical novel Zaini Barakat , which is also available in German, is considered the best-known work of this kind.
Gamal al-Ghitani was the founder and editor of the literary magazine Akhbar al-Adab . He has received numerous national and international literary prizes and was awarded the Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1987 .
Works (selection)
- أوراق شاب عاش متذ ألف عام Awrāq šābb ʿāša munḏu alf ʿām , 1969
- الزيني بركات az-Zaynī Barakāt , 1974 ( Eng . Seini Barakat - Servant of the Sultan, Friend of the People , 1984) ISBN 3-85787-635-2
- رسالة البصائر في المصائر Risālat al-baṣāʾir fī 'l-maṣāʾir , 1989 ( Eng . The Book of Fates , 2001) ISBN 3-406-48038-1
- وقائع حارة الزعفراني Waqāʾiʿ ḥārat az-Zaʿfarānī ( Eng . The Safran Curse or How Impotence Improves the World , 1991) ISBN 3-353-00828-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notable writer Gamal El-Ghitani dies at age 70 . Daily News Egypt, October 18, 2015.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gamal al-Ghitani in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gamal al-Ghitani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gamal al-Ghitany, Egypt . Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage , 2006 (English)
- Hanni Kinadeter: "No letter may be censored": Oriental Studies: Lecture by the author and editor Gamal al-Ghitani. Erlanger Nachrichten , May 28, 2010
- Suleman Taufiq : Obituary for Gamal al-Ghitani. A tradition- conscious modernizer , qantara.de , October 23, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghitani, Gamal al- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guhaina , Upper Egypt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2015 |
| Place of death | Cairo |