Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2003) Winner
Khairy Shalaby
カイリー・シャラビー
Khairy Shalaby
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1938-01-31 （Kafr al-Shaykh, Egypt）
- Died
- 2011-09-09 （Cairo, Egypt） age 73
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Languages
- Arabic
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 1960-2011
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature | The Lodging House | — | The American University in Cairo (AUC) | 受賞 |
| 2010 | International Prize for Arabic Fiction (longlisted) | Istasia | — | International Prize for Arabic Fiction | ロングリスト |
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
2003
Work:
The Lodging House
Organization:
The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Result:
受賞
International Prize for Arabic Fiction (longlisted)
2010
Work:
Istasia
Organization:
International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Result:
ロングリスト
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Hashish Waiter
Short stories / NovelA collection/novel portraying urban, everyday life from the perspective of common people, noted for mixing language registers in the prose.
Everyday lifeUrban povertyHumor and satire
The Lodging House
NovelSet in an Egyptian lodging house, the novel depicts the lives and conflicts of diverse residents. It won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2003.
Communal livingSocial classFamily and community
The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets
Fiction / NovelA work mixing nostalgia and everyday tales with elements of fantasy that touch on society and history.
MemoryEveryday life and fantasySense of history
Bibliography
- The Hashish Waiter
- The Lodging House
- The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets
- Istasia
Translations of Works
- The Lodging House (English translation)
- The Hashish Waiter (English translation)
- The Time-Travels of the Man Who Sold Pickles and Sweets (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Mixing registers (colloquial and formal) within proseRealist depiction from the viewpoint of common peopleNarration that incorporates humor and satire
- Recurring Motifs
- Life of Egyptian streetsDetails of everyday lifeClass and poverty
Legacy
Khairy Shalaby is highly regarded for writing about the life of the Egyptian street, addressing social issues from the perspective of ordinary people. He won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for The Lodging House and holds an important place in contemporary Arab fiction.
Academic Societies
- Arab Writers Union
Quotes
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The most enjoyable—and the most difficult—quality about Khairy’s prose is the way he mixes language levels (registers) within a single sentence or paragraph. Khairy doesn’t spend a lot of time looking up from the story.
Source: Adam Talib (translator, quoted on Wikipedia) (2011)
Trivia
- Authored around 70 books in his lifetime (about 20 novels plus critical studies, historical tales, plays and short stories).
- The Lodging House was listed among the Arab Writers Union's "top 105" books of the last century.