Louis Awad
Louis Awad (el-Minya; 5 January 1915 – 9 September 1990) was an Egyptian intellectual and a writer. Born to a Coptic Orthodox Christian family in the upper Egypt, in Sharuna village, in Minya, Egypt, Awad studied at the literature department of Cairo University before setting off to England for further studies before the Second World War. He returned to Egypt in 1941, after which he lived in the Cairo district of Dokki for much of his adult life.
Louis Awad
- Born
- 1915 · Sharuna.
- Died
- 1990 · Cairo.
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Occupation
- writer · literary critic · poet
- Fields
- philology
- Education
- University of Oxford · Cairo University · Princeton University · King's College
- Languages
- Arabic
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Louis Awad (el-Minya; 5 January 1915 – 9 September 1990) was an Egyptian intellectual and a writer. Born to a Coptic Orthodox Christian family in the upper Egypt, in Sharuna village, in Minya, Egypt, Awad studied at the literature department of Cairo University before setting off to England for further studies before the Second World War. He returned to Egypt in 1941, after which he lived in the Cairo district of Dokki for much of his adult life.
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Born at Sharuna in 1915, died in Cairo in 1990.
Louis Awad studied at University of Oxford, Cairo University and Princeton University. The recorded working language is Arabic. The field of work recorded is philology. Employment is recorded with Cairo University.
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1915
Louis Awad born at Sharuna.
1990
Louis Awad died at Cairo.
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- Louis ‘Awad (1915-1990) : un philosophe « iconoclaste », Égypte/Monde arabe, 1990
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1990
- Louis 'Awad poète, Égypte/Monde arabe, 1990
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1990
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- “Louis Awad”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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