Sami Khayat ( ar, سامي خياط; 2 December 1943 – 26 April 2023) was a Lebanese
francophone theatre comic actor, director, and writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of comic theatre in
Lebanon
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.
Khayat was born on 2 December 1943. He began his artistic career with a play he presented in 1960, entitled ''Molière Hugo and Sofocole''. His plays were classified as satirical lyric theater,
known as the chansonnier.
He duetted with
Pierre Chamassian from 1973 until 1986, and once again in 2013.
In 2020, he was awarded the French Medal of Arts and Literature with the rank of officer, in recognition of his 60 years of theatrical work in the
French and Franco-Lebanese languages. which did not stop even in the midst of the
Civil war
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
.
He was honored on several occasions in Lebanon by ''The
Gebran Tueni
Gebran Ghassan Tueni ( ar, جبران تويني; 15 September 1957 – 12 December 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily paper ''An Nahar'', established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, ...
Foundation'' and ''Fakhruddin Foundation''.
Sami Khayat died of bone cancer on 26 April 2023, at the age of 79.
Work
His works include:
* Super-Choir (1978)
* Yes for Elias يس فور لياس
* Abu Clips أبو كليبس (1980)
* Baabda Boom بعبدا بوم (1981)
* Finito (1982-1983)
* Star Epidemi ستار إيبيديميو, in Kulturzentrum (Jounieh) (2007)
* Mine Dir Rien مين دريان
* Kuma Sava كوما سافا
* Taisez Vous - 2
* Karafe قرف
See also
*
Pierre Chamasian
*
Théâtre de Dix-Heures
*
Mario Bassil
References
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1943 births
2023 deaths
Deaths from bone cancer
Lebanese comedians
Lebanese male actors
Recipients of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres