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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