Culture Minister Helmy Al Namnam – Photo courtesy of Sawiris Cultural Awards official Facebook pageCAIRO – 11 January 2018: The winners of the 13th edition of the Sawiris Cultural Awards were announced on Monday, crediting young rising talented writers at the opening ceremony held at the Cairo Opera House. The ceremony witnessed the attendance of prominent renowned figures including Egyptian actor and guest of honor, Ahmed Helmy.Emerging writers and scriptwriters were awarded for their novels and short stories. The competition also featured other categories such as the Best Playwright and Literary Criticism.Egyptian novelist Youssef Rakha won “Best Novel for Established Writers” for his novel “Paulo” which was published by Dar Tanweer. Rakha was known for his first novel “Kitab at-Tugra: Gharaib at-Tarikh fi Madinat al-Marrikh” which was released after the Egyptian revolution in 2011 and has been translated to English by Asymptote magazine. Saad Abd El-Fattah won the same prize for his novel “Herb” that was published by Kotob Khan.The category “Best Novel for an Emerging Writer” was a very strong contest between four novels.

Source: Egypt Today January 11, 2018 21:11 UTC