Bahaa Taher
Bahaa Taher
Author • Translator1935-01-13 – 2022-10-27 · From Egypt1
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Bahaa Taher (1935-2022) was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer whose work often drew on his family's roots in Upper Egypt. Barred from publishing in Egypt in 1975 under Anwar Sadat, he spent much of the following decade working as a translator for UNESCO in Geneva before returning home. He …
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Did Bahaa Taher win any major literary honors besides the International Prize for Arabic Fiction?
Yes. In 1998, Bahaa Taher received Egypt's State Award of Merit in Literature (Jaizat al-Taqdir), the highest honor the Egyptian state confers on a writer, recognizing his body of work rather than any single book.