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Tawfiq al-Hakim

Tawfiq al-Hakim was an Egyptian and Ottoman writer, journalist, playwright, novelist and screenwriter (1898–1987). He was born at Alexandria and died at Cairo.

Tawfiq al-Hakim in brief

Born
1898
Died
1987
Known for
writer, journalist, playwright, novelist and screenwriter
Place of birth
Alexandria
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Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

Smooth Hands. Soft Hands. Leaving Paradise. Braxa: The Problem of Ruling. A Sparrow from the East. The Maze of Justice. A Bullet in the Heart. The Return of the Spirit. The Tree Climber. The Bewitched palace. The sacred bond. The Soul Return.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

8 Arab Perspectives on Tawfiq al-Hakim, Tawfiq al-Hakim, 2003. 1 Tawfiq al-Hakim's "Lives", Tawfiq al-Hakim, 2003. Annotated Bibliography of Tawfiq al-Hakim's Works, Tawfiq al-Hakim, 2003. 10 Al-Hakim's Theology, Tawfiq al-Hakim, 2003. شخصية الأميرة في عروض مسرح الطفل المصري "عرض شمس وقمر نموذجًا", Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Tarbiyyẗ Ǧamiʿaẗ Banhā, 2020. البطل الأسطوري في المسرح دراسة مقارنة نماذج مختارة, Mağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb Bi-Qinā, 2025. Tevfîk el-Hakîm’in Avdetu’t-Rûh Adlı Eserinde Varoluş İlkesi: Adanmışlık, Journal of Literature and Humanities, 2025. A Comparative Study of the Rendering Challenges of the Cultural Elements in Shahrzad's Playwright, Tawfiq Al Hakim (Based on the theory of Peter Newmark), پژوهش‌های ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی, 2019. Las diversidades lingo-culturales de los dialectos árabes y su equiva-lente acuñado en el español, مجلة الآداب, 2023. The Time and the Search for Self in Samuel Beckett’s Play Called Krapp’s Last Tape and Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Play Named Rihletu’s-Sayd, Şarkiyat Mecmuası, 2025. Oltre l’Oriente e l’Occidente. l’orientalismo di Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm, Altre Modernità, 2012. تحولات النسق بين أدب الرحلات والرواية الرحلية قراءة فلسفية ثقافية في نصوص مختارة Systemic Transformations between Travel Literature and the Travel Novel: A Philosophical-Cultural Reading of Selected Texts, Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

مصر بين عهدين . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس (1983) — Internet Archive. Ahd Al Shaytan (1929) — Internet Archive. Yaqazat Al Fikr (1929) — Internet Archive. ليلة الزفاف . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس (1966) — Internet Archive. فن الأدب . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس (1952) — Internet Archive. فى الوقت الضائع . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس ( 1) (1980) — Internet Archive. لعبة الموت . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس (1957) — Internet Archive. السلطان الحائر (1960) — Internet Archive. قالبنا المسرحي . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس (1960) — Internet Archive. Tawfiq Al Hakim — Internet Archive. Rasasah fil qalb (1977) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1898Tawfiq al-Hakim born at Alexandria.
  2. 1929Ahd Al Shaytan digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1929Yaqazat Al Fikr digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1952فن الأدب . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1966ليلة الزفاف . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1980فى الوقت الضائع . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس ( 1) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1983مصر بين عهدين . توفيق الحكيم . مكتبة أبوالعيس digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1987Tawfiq al-Hakim died at Cairo.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Tawfiq al-Hakim”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2019161: Tawfiq al-Hakim

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