PRESS RELEASE
The Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt has the honor to announce
that Mr. Bahaa Taher, the famous Egyptian writer will be arriving in
Jakarta on 10th of October 2008 and will be staying for two days before
leaving to Bali to participate in the Ubud Writers and Readers
Festival.
On this occasion, the Embassy is willing to host a brief meeting with
Mr. Taher, where the literature prominent figures from both sides meet
together in a sort of cultural interaction as we believe that the
dialogue between intellectuals, writers and creators will enhance and
foster the bonds between our two nations who actually share similar
values and posses deep cultural traditions.
The Embassy would appreciate if you could attend this meeting which
will be held in the premises of the Embassy of the Arab Republic of
Egypt at 68 Teuku Umar, on Saturday, 11 October 2008, at 01.00 pm.
Mr. Bahaa Taher is an Egyptian novelist who writes in Arabic and he is
the winner of the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction,
awarded in 2008.
He was born in Cairo in 1935 and graduated in literature from the
University of Cairo. He traveled widely in Africa and Asia, and during
the 1980s and 1990s, he lived in Switzerland, where he worked with the
United Nations. Afterwards he returned to Egypt, where he still lives
today.
He has been awarded many prizes during his career from which are:
- 1998 State Award of Merit in Literature, which is Egypt’s highest
literary award.
- 2000 Italian Giuseppe Acerbi Prize for Aunt Safiyya and the
Monastery.
- 2008 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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