Mekkawi Said, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mekkawi Said

Egyptian novelist

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1955

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2017

Profession: screenwriter, writer

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mekkawi Said (Arabic: ????? ?????; 6 July 1956 – 2 December 2017) was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer.
He studied at Cairo University.
He worked as a scriptwriter and publisher, operating the Al-Dar publishing house in Cairo.Said published his first book, a collection of short stories, in 1981.
Since then, he has published several more short story collections and two novels.
His second novel Cairo Swan Song was a bestseller and was nominated for the inaugural Arabic Booker Prize in 2008.
The novel has also been translated into English by Adam Talib and published by the AUC Press. Said was a recipient of the Egyptian State Prize for Literature.