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{{short description|Egyptian playwright}}
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Egypt2005 | 4 | 6 | df=y}} | death_place = London, UK| nationality = Egyptian| occupation = Playwright| notableworks = Al-Zeir Salim Baghdad Barber Suleiman Al-Halabi Genah el-Tabreezilabi}}Alfred Farag (14 June 1929 â 4 December 2005 ) was an Egyptian playwright. He was one of the eminentEgyptian playwrights of the post-1952 Revolution period. He obtained his BA in English Literature from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University in 1949. He then began a teaching career that lasted until 1955, when he abandoned it for a post in the press as a literary critic. He worked at several press institutions, including: âRose El Youssefâ, âEl Tahrirâ and âAl Gomhouriyyaâ.WEB,weblink Alfred Farag, Oxford Reference, 2018-10-30, Farag took part in the establishment of the public management for the âmass cultureâ project and in the foundation of artistic groups in Egypt. He also had an important role in the introduction of theatre in Egyptâs provinces. He, with many great writers like Noaman Ashour, Saad Eddin Wahba, Michael Roman, Rashad Roushdy and Yousef Edrees, contributed in the ânothing likeâ renaissance of theatre in the sixties.Alfred Farag wrote his first play âFall of Pharaohâ (1957) at the age of 26. He thenproceeded with his career as a writer. He wrote approximately 52 plays, including: âThe Barber of Baghdadâ (1964), âSulayman Al-Halabiâ (1965), âAl-Zayr Salimâ (1967) and âAtwa with the Jack-Knifeâ (1993), in addition to some one-act plays such as âVoice of Egyptâ (1956) and âThe Trapâ (1965). In his plays, he discusses serious issues like the problem of national independence in âThe Epistles of the Judge of Sevilleâ (1987), and the Palestinian issue in âFire and Olivesâ (1970). Some of his works were translated into German and English such as âAli Janah Al - Tabrizi and his Servant Quffaâ (1969) or into English only such as âMarriage on a Divorce Notificationâ (1973). In addition to being a playwright, he also wrote novels such as âThe Story of the Lost Timeâ (1977) and âThe Days and Nights of Sindbadâ (1988), and short stories.In his writings, he eloquently mixed the Egyptian Colloquial Arabic with the Standard Arabic which made his works unique and easy for people to understand. Critics became interested in Farag's dramatic language as it was vivid and far from the formal style used by his predecessors. He believed that the language should contribute in giving a âvisualâ illustration of the text What made him different from others is that he revived the old heritage on stage as if it was real, and that he used heritage without getting superficial.WEB,weblink Alfred Farag and Egyptian Theater, Syracuse University Press, 2018-10-30, Farag was granted several international, Arab and Egyptian awards and medals. The best known award was âJerusalemâ given by the General Union for Arab Writers as he was the first Egyptian intellectual to receive such an award. He also received the National Award for Play writing in 1965, and the Science and Arts Medal of the first order in 1967.Farag died on 4 December 2005 at the age of 76 in the St Mary's Hospital, London after a long term of illness. He was buried in Cairo.WEB,weblink Memorial for Egyptian playwright Alfred Farag (1929-2005), thesegalcenter.org, 2018-10-30, Bibliography
- Baghdad Barber (Hallaa' Baghdad), 1964.
- Suleiman Al-Halabi, 1965.
- Al-Zeir Salim, 1966.
- Ala Genah el-Tabreezi wa tabiu'ahu quffa, 1969.
- Directory of the smart spectator to theater- study- 1969.
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