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Jul 06, 1955 Cairo, Egypt Died on 02 Dec 2017 (aged 62)
Egyptian novelist
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About Mekkawi Said
- Mekkawi Said (Arabic: ????? ?????; 6 July 1956 – 2 December 2017) was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer.
- He studied at Cairo University.
- He worked as a scriptwriter and publisher, operating the Al-Dar publishing house in Cairo.Said published his first book, a collection of short stories, in 1981.
- Since then, he has published several more short story collections and two novels.
- His second novel Cairo Swan Song was a bestseller and was nominated for the inaugural Arabic Booker Prize in 2008.
- The novel has also been translated into English by Adam Talib and published by the AUC Press. Said was a recipient of the Egyptian State Prize for Literature.
