'Abd al-'Azim 'Anis (1923–2009) (Arabic: عبد العظيم انيس) was a leading
Egyptian cultural critic and
Marxist involved with the
Communist Party of Egypt.
[Fathi, Ibrahim. "The political autobiography of 'Abd al-'Azim Anis." ''Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics'', no. 22, annual 2002, p. 212. ]
He was detained in Egyptian prisons from the early 1960s due to his political activities.
'Anis called for "unity of all the nationalist and progressive forces including, naturally, the Arab communists."
His publications included essays and letters written in prison.
He co-authored ''Fi al-Thaqafa al-Misriyya'' (''On Egyptian Culture''), first published in 1955, with
Mahmoud Amin al-'Alim.
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1923 births
2009 deaths
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