The Essential Tawfiq Al-Hakim: Great Egyptian Writers

by Tawfiq Al-Hakim

Book Overview

The importance of Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) to the emergence of a modern Arabic literature is second only to that of Naguib Mahfouz. If the latter put the novel among the genres of writing that are an accepted part of literary production in the Arab world today, Tawfiq al-Hakim is recognized as the undisputed creator of a literature of the theater. In this volume, Tawfiq al-Hakim's fame as a playwright is given prominence. Of the more than seventy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774165926
• ISBN13: 9789774165924
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"