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Alfred Farag was born on 14 June, 1929 in Kafr Al-Sayyadin, Zagazig, Egypt, is an Egyptian playwright. Discover Alfred Farag's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Occupation Playwright
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 14 June 1929
Birthday 14 June
Birthplace Kafr Al-Sayyadin, Zagazig, Egypt
Date of death 4 December, 2005
Died Place London, UK
Nationality Egypt

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1929

Alfred Farag (14 June 1929 – 4 December 2005 ) was an Egyptian playwright.

He was one of the eminent

1949

He obtained his BA in English Literature from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University in 1949.

1952

Egyptian playwrights of the post-1952 Revolution period.

1955

He then began a teaching career that lasted until 1955, when he abandoned it for a post in the press as a literary critic.

He worked at several press institutions, including: “Rose El Youssef”, “El Tahrir” and “Al Gomhouriyya”.

Farag took part in the establishment of the public management for the “mass culture” project and in the foundation of artistic groups in Egypt.

He also had an important role in the introduction of theatre in Egypt’s provinces.

He, with many great writers like Noaman Ashour, Saad Eddin Wahba, Michael Roman, Rashad Roushdy and Yousef Edrees, contributed in the “nothing like” renaissance of theatre in the sixties.

1957

Alfred Farag wrote his first play “Fall of Pharaoh” (1957) at the age of 26.

He thenproceeded with his career as a writer.

1964

He wrote approximately 52 plays, including: “The Barber of Baghdad” (1964), “Sulayman Al-Halabi” (1965), “Al-Zayr Salim” (1967) and “Atwa with the Jack-Knife” (1993), in addition to some one-act plays such as “Voice of Egypt” (1956) and “The Trap” (1965).

1965

He also received the National Award for Play writing in 1965, and the Science and Arts Medal of the first order in 1967.

1969

Some of his works were translated into German and English such as “Ali Janah Al - Tabrizi and his Servant Quffa” (1969) or into English only such as “Marriage on a Divorce Notification” (1973).

1977

In addition to being a playwright, he also wrote novels such as “The Story of the Lost Time” (1977) and “The Days and Nights of Sindbad” (1988), and short stories.

In his writings, he eloquently mixed the Egyptian Colloquial Arabic with the Standard Arabic which made his works unique and easy for people to understand.

Critics became interested in Farag's dramatic language as it was vivid and far from the formal style used by his predecessors.

He believed that the language should contribute in giving a “visual” illustration of the text What made him different from others is that he revived the old heritage on stage as if it was real, and that he used heritage without getting superficial.

Farag was granted several international, Arab and Egyptian awards and medals.

The best known award was “Jerusalem” given by the General Union for Arab Writers as he was the first Egyptian intellectual to receive such an award.

1987

In his plays, he discusses serious issues like the problem of national independence in “The Epistles of the Judge of Seville” (1987), and the Palestinian issue in “Fire and Olives” (1970).

2005

Farag died on 4 December 2005 at the age of 76 in the St Mary's Hospital, London after a long term of illness.

He was buried in Cairo.