Swan Song

Mekkawi Said

Swan Song

Mekkawi Said describes an unstable, ever-changing social reality, lamenting a lyrical time now past, while fashioning a potential future of irresolvable questions.

Nomination

2008 Shortlist

Translations

Translations

One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages.

Mekkawi Said

Mekkawi Said

Country of origin Egypt

About the author

Mekkawi Said was born in Cairo in 1955. He published his first collection of short stories, Running Towards the Light, in 1981. Since then, he has published many novels, as well as writing scripts for short and long movies, and for documentaries. He has also written for children’s magazines throughout the Arab world. Swan Song was shortlisted for IPAF in 2008.

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Translations

Translations

One of the main aims of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages.