Nabil Farouk Ramadan Bayoumi Ramadan ( ar, نبيل فاروق رمضان بيومي رمضان ) (9 February 1956 – 9 December 2020
) was an
Egyptian
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novelist
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. best known for his books in the ''
Rewayāt Masreyya Lel Gēb'' (''Egyptian Pocket Novels'') series.
He was born in the Egyptian city of
Tanta
Tanta ( ar, طنطا ' , ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia ...
, and first showed an interest in reading at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents, he made his first attempts at writing at the age of about thirteen, and in high school joined journalism, photography, and theatre workgroups.
He received his
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the
University of Tanta in 1980. Just a year before his graduation, he received an award from the Cultural Centre of Tanta for his novel ''The Prophecy'', which was later published as the first book of his ''
Cocktail 2000'' series.
He started writing ''Rewayat'' by following an advertisement in the ''World of Books'' magazine, saying that the
Modern Arab Association was seeking
science fiction
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novelists. He submitted his novel ''Ray of Death'', and it was published a year later as the first book in ''
Malaf Al Mostakbal'' (''The Future File'') series. Soon afterwards, he started on his other main series of novels, ''
Ragol Al Mostaheel'' (''The Man of the Impossible''), which is said to be based on the actual exploits of an
Egyptian Central Intelligence agent called A.S. (alias:
Adham Sabri).
He was a doctor, but was not practising medicine, being devoted full-time to his writing. Other than his series, he wrote articles for two newspapers and three magazines, and started working on scripts for television series after finishing two films scripts, with a third one in progress. A new novel of (The Man of the Impossible) (Ragol Al Mostaheel) will be released titled ن-٣, which in arabic symbolizes the third best hero in the general intelligence, through which ن-٣ will reveal, with his unique skills and exceptional abilities, the answers to many questions related to the previous issues.
Series
* ''
Ragol Al Mostaheel'' (''The Man of the Impossible'').
* ''
Malaf Al Mostakbal'' (''The Future Archive'').
* ''
Cocktail 2000''.
* ''Fares Al Andalus'' (''The Knight of Andalusia'').
* ''Harb Al jwasees'' (''The War Of The Spies'').
* ''Zohoor'' (''Flowers'')
* ''Saif Al Adala'' (''The sword of justice'')
See also
*
List of Egyptian writers
References
External links
Nabil Farouk official website. virginia.edu. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
1956 births
2020 deaths
Egyptian novelists
Egyptian screenwriters
Egyptian male writers
20th-century Egyptian writers
21st-century Egyptian writers
People from Tanta
People from Gharbia Governorate
Tanta University alumni
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