Samih Al Gabbas (

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: سامح الجباس) is an Egyptian physician and writer, born in 1974. He has many publications, including the novel "An Old Rope and a Tied Knot", which won the

Katara Prize for Arabic Novel The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize based in Qatar. It was established in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village. The total prize pool is $650,000 and the main prize $200,000, making it one of the richest literary prizes ...

in the category of unpublished novels and in the Drama category in 2015. He has also translated several books from English into

including

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’s novella " Of Mice and Men".

Education and career

Samih Al Gabbas, an Egyptian physician and writer, born on 11 January 1974. His literary career began in 2006, when he published his first collection of short stories titled "The Ideal Citizen". In the same year, he published his first novel "Hayy El Franj". He has published so far, one short stories collections, and ten novels. Al Gabbas has also translated several novels from English into

including "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck and "Alice in the Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. He has won several awards for his literary works, including the proze for the best novel from the Writers Association in Cairo for his novel "The Franj District", and won the

for his novel "An Old Rope and Tied Knot" in 2015, and his novel has been translated into English and French. Al Gabbas worked as a director of advertising and marketing in pharmaceutical companies from 1999 until 2013. He is now a member of the story club in

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, and a member of the Egyptian Writers Union.

Awards

* 2009: First place for the best novel from the Writers Association of

for his novel "The Franj District". * 2011: First place in the Arab Journal of Writing competition for children for his novel "Sea of Storms". * 2011: Received a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture in Literature for his novel "Port Said" in 2011. * 2011: First place in the

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Prize in the novel for his novel "Cairo’s Christmas". * 2012: Won the novel prize of "Al Jomhuria Al Kubra" newspaper competition. * 2013: Won the Egyptian Writers Union Prize for novels for his novel "Port Said". * 2015: Won the

for his novel "An Old Rope and a Tied Knot" in the category of unpublished novels. * 2015: Won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel in the Drama Category for his novel "An Old Rope and a Tied Knot".

References

Living people 21st-century Egyptian physicians Egyptian novelists 21st-century Egyptian writers 1974 births {{Egypt-poet-stub