Yusuf al-Qa'id

Yusuf al-Qa'id (Arabic: يوسف القعيد, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaʿīd; born 2 April 1944[1]) is an Egyptian novelist.[2] He is best known in the West for War in the Land of Egypt (Arabic: الحرب في برّ مصر, romanized: Al-Ḥarb fī Barr Miṣr; 1978),[3] first English edition in 2004 (transl. Olive Kenny, Lorne Kenny, Christopher Tingley), the basis for the 1991 film of the same name.[4]

He is also known for his writing in vernacular Egyptian Arabic. His 1994 novel Laban el-Asfur (Egyptian Arabic: لبن العصفور, romanized: Laban il-ʿAṣfūr, lit. 'The Milk of the Bird') was the first major Arabic vernacular novel of the modern era. Although criticized for his language choice at the time, vernacular novels in Egypt have been relatively uncontroversial since.[5]

References
  1. Zack, Elisabeth (2001). "The Use of Colloquial Arabic in Prose Literature: Laban ilʿaṣfūr by Yūsuf al-Qaʿīd". Quaderni di Studi Arabi. 19: 195. ISSN 1121-2306. JSTOR 25802939. Wikidata Q114586222.
  2. Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey - 1998- Volume 2 -p628 0415185726 al-Qa'id, Yusuf. (1944-. ) Contemporary Egyptian novelist and short- story writer. Bom in the Delta region of a peasant background, al-Qa'id received his education entirely in Egypt, and worked as a teacher before moving into journalism; he also served ...
  3. قعيد، محمد يوسف (1978). الحرب في برّ مصر (in Arabic). بيروت؟: دار ابن رشد،. OCLC 10220176.
  4. Denys Johnson-Davies -The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction 2010 P348 0307481484 His novel War in the Land of Egypt, the basis tor a successful film starring Omar Sharif, was originally banned in Egypt. Three Meaningless Tales 1. A Futile Crossing The rich man 34* Yusuf al-Qa'id (b. 1944) Egypt.
  5. Rosenbaum, Gabriel (2012). Meouak, Mohamed; Sánchez, Pablo; Vincente), Ángeles (eds.). "Modern Egyptian Arabic: from Dialect to Written Language". De los manuscritos medielvales a internet: La presencia del árabe vernáculo en las fuentes escritas. Zaragoza: Universidad de Zaragoza: 359–374. ISBN 9788461566242.
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