Lit in Translation

Mohamed El-Bisatie

محمد البساطي

Born 1937 · Egypt

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    IPAF 2009 · Shortlist

    Hunger

    جوع · Ju'

    Mohamed El-Bisatie · 70 when first published

    Novel · 117 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:In a poor village in the Egyptian countryside, the Zaghloul family lives with hunger every day, scraping together something to eat from one day to the next.

  • In English

    Sawiris 2008 · Winner

    Drumbeat

    دق الطبول · Daqq al-tubul

    Mohamed El-Bisatie · 68 when first published

    Novel · 124 pages · Migration

    AI-generated summary:When the citizens of a small Gulf emirate all fly to France to cheer on their football team, only the foreign workers stay behind, among them an Egyptian to whom a fellow Egyptian woman confides her secret.