Idrīs, Yūsuf

by Allen, Roger

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Yūsuf Idrīs (1927–91) was an Egyptian writer and one of the most significant contributors to the development of the short-story genre in Arabic. He also wrote a number of plays and novels, and was a major and often controversial participant in the cultural life of his homeland. His childhood autobiography (composed in English and published in Critical perspectives on Yusuf Idris ) describes in considerable detail the miserable existence of a boy sent by his mother to live with his grandparents …

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Yūsuf Idrīs (1927–91) was an Egyptian writer and one of the most significant contributors to the development of the short-story genre in Arabic. He also wrote a number of plays and novels, and was a major and often controversial participant in the cultural life of his homeland. His childhood autobiography (composed in English and published in Critical perspectives on Yusuf Idris ) describes in considerable detail the miserable existence of a boy sent by his mother to live with his grandparents in the Nile delta region. His two-hour

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Allen, Roger

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