Amina Zaydan
Amina Zaydan (Arabic: أمينة زيدان, romanized: Amīnah Zaydān; born 1966) is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer.[1][2] She was born in 1966 in Suez and now lives in Cairo where she works as a civil servant.[3]
In 1994, her short story collection It Happened Secretly won first prize in a literary competition held by Gamal al-Ghitani's Akhbar al-Adab weekly newspaper and Best Short Story Collection at the Cairo International Book Fair in 1995.[1] Her second novel Red Wine won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2007.[4] An English translation of Red Wine by Sally Gomaa was published by the AUC Press in 2010.[5]
Zaydan often writes about the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and its generational impact.[3]
Works
References
- 1 2 "Memorial lecture honors Naguib Mahfouz, Amina Zaydan wins literary medal", The Daily News Egypt, 12 December 2007
- ↑ "HOME - IWW". iww.hkbu.edu.hk. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- 1 2 "أمينة زيدان: مستقبل الرواية العربيّة بين يدي المرأة" [Amina Zaydan: The future of the Arabic novel is in the hands of women]. Al Jarida. December 22, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ "نبيذ أحمر' تفوز بجائزة نجيب محفوظ'" ['Red Wine' wins Naguib Mahfouz Award]. Al Motamar. December 12, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Egypt Independent -". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ زيدان, امينة (2007). نبيذ احمر [Red Wine] (in Arabic). Dar Al-Hilal Printing. ISBN 9789770712405.
- ↑ Zaydan, Amina (2010). Red Wine. Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-161-797-181-5.
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