Tarek Eltayeb

Tarek Eltayeb 2015

Tarek Eltayeb (* 1959 in Cairo ) is a Sudanese-Austrian writer and economist with Sudanese roots. He grew up in Egypt and now lives in Vienna . In addition to his writing activities, Tarek Eltayeb teaches at the University of Vienna , the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems and the University of Graz .

Life

Tarek Eltayeb was born in Cairo to Sudanese parents. He studied business administration at Ain Shams University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981. He then worked as an auditor in Cairo until 1984 before spending six months in Iraq. Eltayeb has lived in the Austrian capital Vienna since 1984, where he began writing in 1985. Tarek Eltayeb studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and received his doctorate in social and economic sciences in 1997 with his dissertation "The transfer of ethics through technology in the struggle between identity and profit" at the Institute for Economic Philosophy. He financed his studies with numerous jobs, including as a newspaper wholesaler, prospectus distributor, dishwasher, language teacher and later as an interpreter.

Tarek Eltayeb was Lower Austria's ambassador for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008.

Tarek Eltayeb is married to the Arabist and Islamic scholar Ursula Eltayeb, who also translates his texts from Arabic into German.

Works

Tarek Eltayeb's works include a. has been published in Arabic, English, Serbian, French, Macedonian and German. In German u. a. published:

He in memory . Poems. Hans Schiler Publishing House , Berlin 2012.
The palm house . Novel. Hans Schiler publishing house, Berlin 2007.
From the carpet of my shadows . Poems. Edition selene , Vienna 2002.
Cities without date palms . Novel. Edition selene, Vienna 2000.
A suitcase filled with pigeons and coo . Prose texts and poems, bilingual edition (German / Arabic), Edition selene, Vienna 1999.

Scholarships and Awards

Elias Canetti Scholarship from the City of Vienna, 2005
Large scholarship for literature (Literar Mechana), 2005
Book award for cities without date palms, 2003
Travel grant from the Federal Chancellery, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Large project grant for literature, 2001, 2002, 2003
Working grant from the Federal Chancellery, 1996, 1998, 2000

literature

Amira Nawal Pfeisinger: The story of Hamza. Sudan in the works of Tarek Eltayeb . Thesis. Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, 2013 ( PDF file; 908 KB ).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Dr. Tarek Eltayeb. University of Vienna, accessed on April 19, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Eltayeb, Tarek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian-Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cairo

[1] Dr. Tarek Eltayeb. University of Vienna, accessed on April 19, 2020 .