18th Session (2022-2023)
Poetry
اللوحة للفنان : إبراهيم العبدلي – العراق
- Name: Hassan Ali Teleb Abdullah
- Literary name: Hassan Talab
- Nationality: Egyptian
- Date of birth: 12-8-1944
Academic Qualifications:
– Bachelor of Arts – Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts, Cairo University (1968).
– Master’s degree in Philosophy – Faculty of Arts, Cairo University (1984).
– PhD. in Philosophy – Faculty of Arts, Cairo University (1993).
- Career and memberships:
– Faculty Member – The Department of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts, Helwan University).
– Member of the Egyptian Writers’ Union.
– Member of the Poetry Committee – Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt.
– Member of the House of Poetry in Cairo.
– Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Egyptian magazine Ebdaa (from 1991 to 2014).
– He has been representing Egypt in notable poetry festivals and cultural conferences around the world since the 1980s and until today.
-Selections from his poetry have been translated into several foreign languages, such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Greek.
Notable Awards:
– Egyptian State Encouragement Award (Cairo, 1990).
– Cavafy Poetry Prize (Athens, 1996).
– Sultan Qaboos Poetry Award (Muscat, 2006).
– Excellence Award (Cairo, 2012).
– Egyptian State Appreciation Award (Cairo, 2014).
He edited, supervised and reviewed numerous books, the most important of which are:
– Contemporary African Poetry, Poetry Committee, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2003.
– Lyotard by James Williams, translated by Dr. Iman Abdel Aziz, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2003.
– Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi (Selected Poetry), Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2004.
– Mamlakat Ahmed Abdel Muti Hegazy (The Kingdom of Ahmed Abdel Muti Hegazy: Studies and Critical Articles), Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2006.
– Nazik Al-Malaika (Selected Poetry), from the ‘Ibdaa’ book series, Issue 4, Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2007.
– Nabey Al Lugha (The Prophet of Language: Selected), from the ‘Ibdaa’ book series Issue 24, Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2012.
Publications About His Poetry:
– Ma Hiy Al Shi’r: Qira’a Fee Shi’r Hassan Talab (What is Poetry? A Reading of the Poetry of Hassan Talab), edited and presented by Dr. Saeed Tawfiq, General Authority for Cultural Palaces, Cairo 1999.
– Shi’t Hassan Talab (Poetry by Hassan Talab) by Dr. Azza Mohamed Jadoua, Dar Ibn Sina, Cairo 2002.
– Nasq Iqa’ Al Ma’na Fi Qaseedat ‘Zabargadat Al-Khazyaz’ lil Sha’er Hassan Talab (Rhythm Patterns of Meaning in the poem ‘Zabargadat Al-Khazyaz’ by poet Hassan Talab: A Structural Study) by Dr. Saeed Shawky, 1st edition, Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Menoufia University, January 2007.
Poetry Collections:
– Washm Ala Nahday Fatah (A Tattoo on a Girl’s Bossom), Dar Osama- Cairo 1972.
– Seerat Al Banafsaj (A Biography Violets), 2nd edition, a book published by the Egyptian General Book Authority (Family Library), Cairo 2002.
– Azal Al Nar Fee Abad Al Nour (Infinite Fire in Eternal Light), 1st edition, Dar Al-Nadim, Cairo 1988, 2nd edition.
– Zaman Al Zabargad, (The Age of Topaz) 2nd edition, Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2002.
– Aya Jim, (a long poem) Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 1992.
– La Neel Illa Al Neel (There is no Nile but the Nile), Dar Sharqiyat, Cairo 1993.
– Mawaqif Abu Ali wa Diwan Rasa’elih wa Ba’d Aghaneeh (Abu Ali’s Stances: A Collection of his Letters and Some of his Songs) Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2002.
– Aash Al Nasheed (Long Live the Anthem), Al Mahrousa Publishing Center, Cairo 2006.
– Hajar Al Falasifa (The Philosopher’s Stone), Al Mahrousa Publishing Center, Cairo 2007.
– Mutataliya Masriyya (Egyptian Sequence), Al Mahrousa Publishing Center, Cairo 2006.
– Yaktub Al Ba’ Yaqra’ Al Jasad (Writes the Letter ‘Ba’, Reads the Body), Dar Al-Ain, Cairo 2009.
– Injeel Al Thawra wa Quraanaha: Ishah Al Thawra (The Bible of the Revolution and its Qur’an: Chapters of the Revolution(, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2012.
– Qur’an Li Ilah Al Harb (A Qur’an for the God of War), Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2012.
– Bab Al-Sababat Fasl Al-Khitab, Dar al-Ma’aref (from the Zidni Shi’ran book series– first issue), Cairo 2015.
– Tahta Al-Mahd, Tahta Al-Lahad (Tahta the Cradle, Tahta the Grave), Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2016.
– Shumoos Al Qutb Al Aakhar (Suns of the Other Pole), Al Maha Printing and Publishing House, Cairo 2016.
Complete Works:
– Diwan Hassan Talab, First Volume, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2014.
– Diwan Hassan Talab, Volume Two, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2016.
– Diwan Hassan Talab, Volume Three, Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2016.
Selected Poems:
– Bustan Al Sanabel (Wheat Garden) Egyptian General Book Authority (Family Library), Cairo 2000.
– Nuzha Fi Thalam Al Daw’ (A Walk in the Darkness of Light), Egyptian National Library and Archives, Cairo 2008.
– Hathihi Karbala wa ana lastu Al Hussain (This is Karbala and I am not Al-Hussein- A long poem), Arabic original with French translation by Dr. Camelia Sobhi, Dar Ain for Human Research and Studies, Cairo 2005.
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