Background
Al-Kharrat, Edwar was born on March 16, 1926 in Alexandria, Egypt. Son of Kolta Faltas Youssef Al-Kharrat.
(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the depths of human experience and the struggle between polarities, on the surface presents a love story of unrequited passion between Rama the symbol of multiplicity and creativity and Mikhail the symbol of unity and constancy. Their story reflects the relationship not only between man and woman, Copt and Muslim, but also between Upper and Lower Egypt. Through a delicate grid of intertextual references and juxtaposed narratives, the dreams and hopes, fears and defeats of Rama and Mikhail move from the local to the global, corresponding to human dreams and anxieties everywhere. In this novel, Edwar al-Kharrat has created a unique form of narrative discourse in which he presents Egyptian realities and actualities of the 1960s and 1970s, with flashbacks to as early as the 1940s, in an aesthetic form that highlights historical moments while blending philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives in a literary parallel to the cinematic technique of montage. In their citation awarding al-Kharrat the Mahfouz Medal, the judges stated: "Rama and the Dragon is considered a breakthrough in the literary history of modern Arabic fiction."
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(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the depths of human experience and the struggle between polarities, on the surface presents a love story of unrequited passion between Rama the symbol of multiplicity and creativity and Mikhail the symbol of unity and constancy. Their story reflects the relationship not only between man and woman, Copt and Muslim, but also between Upper and Lower Egypt. Through a delicate grid of intertextual references and juxtaposed narratives, the dreams and hopes, fears and defeats of Rama and Mikhail move from the local to the global, corresponding to human dreams and anxieties everywhere. In this novel, Edwar al-Kharrat has created a unique form of narrative discourse in which he presents Egyptian realities and actualities of the 1960s and 1970s, with flashbacks to as early as the 1940s, in an aesthetic form that highlights historical moments while blending philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives in a literary parallel to the cinematic technique of montage. In their citation awarding al-Kharrat the Mahfouz Medal, the judges stated: "Rama and the Dragon is considered a breakthrough in the literary history of modern Arabic fiction."
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(This novel takes us back, to the Alexandria of the 30's a...)
This novel takes us back, to the Alexandria of the 30's and 40's. The protagonist is Mikhail whose narration weaves and loops back to his earliest childhood days. The girls of Alexandria inhabit every corner of his beloved city.
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(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the depths of human experience and the struggle between polarities, on the surface presents a love story of unrequited passion between Rama the symbol of multiplicity and creativity and Mikhail the symbol of unity and constancy. Their story reflects the relationship not only between man and woman, Copt and Muslim, but also between Upper and Lower Egypt. Through a delicate grid of intertextual references and juxtaposed narratives, the dreams and hopes, fears and defeats of Rama and Mikhail move from the local to the global, corresponding to human dreams and anxieties everywhere. In this novel, Edwar al-Kharrat has created a unique form of narrative discourse in which he presents Egyptian realities and actualities of the 1960s and 1970s, with flashbacks to as early as the 1940s, in an aesthetic form that highlights historical moments while blending philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives in a literary parallel to the cinematic technique of montage. In their citation awarding al-Kharrat the Mahfouz Medal, the judges stated: "Rama and the Dragon is considered a breakthrough in the literary history of modern Arabic fiction."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9774166256/?tag=2022091-20
(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the depths of human experience and the struggle between polarities, on the surface presents a love story of unrequited passion between Rama the symbol of multiplicity and creativity and Mikhail the symbol of unity and constancy. Their story reflects the relationship not only between man and woman, Copt and Muslim, but also between Upper and Lower Egypt. Through a delicate grid of intertextual references and juxtaposed narratives, the dreams and hopes, fears and defeats of Rama and Mikhail move from the local to the global, corresponding to human dreams and anxieties everywhere. In this novel, Edwar al-Kharrat has created a unique form of narrative discourse in which he presents Egyptian realities and actualities of the 1960s and 1970s, with flashbacks to as early as the 1940s, in an aesthetic form that highlights historical moments while blending philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives in a literary parallel to the cinematic technique of montage. In their citation awarding al-Kharrat the Mahfouz Medal, the judges stated: "Rama and the Dragon is considered a breakthrough in the literary history of modern Arabic fiction."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9774246764/?tag=2022091-20
(This novel takes us back, to the Alexandria of the 30's a...)
This novel takes us back, to the Alexandria of the 30's and 40's. The protagonist is Mikhail whose narration weaves and loops back to his earliest childhood days. The girls of Alexandria inhabit every corner of his beloved city.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0704370069/?tag=2022091-20
Al-Kharrat, Edwar was born on March 16, 1926 in Alexandria, Egypt. Son of Kolta Faltas Youssef Al-Kharrat.
Bachelor of Law, University Alexandria, 1946.
Storehouse assistant Royal Navy Victualling Department, Alexandria, 1944-1946. Clerk National Bank Egypt, 1946-1948, National Insurance Company, Alexandria, 1950-1955. Director technical affairs Afro Asian People's Solidarity Organization, Cairo, 1959-1967, assistant secretary general, 1967-1983, president, consultant, since 1967.
(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
(Rama and the Dragon, a multi-layered novel about the dept...)
( A classic work of fiction from Edwar al-Kharrat, who ha...)
( A classic work of fiction from Edwar al-Kharrat, who ha...)
(This novel takes us back, to the Alexandria of the 30's a...)
(This novel takes us back, to the Alexandria of the 30's a...)
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Author: (short stories) High Walls, 1959, Hours of Pride, 1972 (State prize), Suffocations of Love and Mornings, 1983. (novels) Rama and the Dragon, 1979, The Railways' Station, 1985, Saffron Dust, 1986, The Ribs of Desert, 1987, Girls of Alexandria, 1990, Creations of Flying Desires, 1990, Waves of the Nights, 1991, Stones of Bobello, 1992, Penetrations of Love and Perdition, 1993, My Alexandria, 1994, Ripples of Salt Dreams, 1994, Fire of Phantasies, 1995, Soaring Edifices, 1997, The Certitude of Thirst, 1997, Throes of Facts and Folly, 1998, Boulders of Heaven, 2000, Way of the Eagle, 2002, Conflicts of Passion, 2003, The Gypsy Girl and the Storehouseman, 2005. (criticism) The New Sensibility, 1994, From Silence to Rebellion, 1994, Transgeneric Writing, 1994, A Hymn to Density, 1995, Assault on the Impossible, 1996, Enticing the Impossible, 1997, Beyond Reality, 1999, Voices of Medernity in Fiction, 1999, Modernist Poetry in Egypt, 2000, The Fiction Scene, 2002.
(poetry) Interpretations, 1996, Wings of Your Bird Struck Me, 1996, Why? Extracts of a Love Poem, 1996, Tyranny of the Internal, 1996, Cry of the Unicorn, 1998, Seven Clouds, 2000. Editor: Anthology of Egyptian Short Stories of the Seventies, 1982. Editor Lotus magazine.
Editorial board Gallery 68 magazine. Translated many creative works into Arabic.
Member of Egyptian Association Men of Letters, Egyptian Writers' Union, Afro Asian Writer's Association (assistant secretary general 1967-1972), Gezira Sporting Club, Egyptian Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Egyptian Story Club.
Children: Ehab, Ayman.