Suhayl Idris Explained

Suhayl Idris (1925 – February 19, 2008) was a Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and translator.

Biography

Idris studied in Beirut before going on to study in Paris and receive a PhD from Sorbonne. His first collection, Ashwaq, was published in 1947. Idriss returned to Beirut in 1952 where he founded Al Adab, a monthly literary journal that became one of the leading periodicals of its kind.^[1] Several of his novels have autobiographical themes, including al-Hayy al-Latini (1954) and al-Khandaq al-ghamiq (1958).

Idris also translated many European works, including most of Jean-Paul Sartre^[2] and Albert Camus. He had a pro-Nasserist and Arab nationalist political stance.^[3]

Idris died on February 19, 2008.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Arabic literature: The 20th century and beyond. Encyclopædia Britannica .
2. Book: Moreh , Shmeul . Studies in modern Arabic prose and poetry . 1988 . The Netherlands . 85 . 90-04-08359-6.
3. M.J. Ernst. Rossen Djagalov. The Road to Lotus: Faiz Ahmad Faiz's Magazine Proposal to the Soviet Writers Union. Interventions. International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. 2022. 25 . 6 . 699–718. 10.1080/1369801X.2021.2015701. 252802903.
4. Web site: Khashan. Imad. Suhayl Idris. Banipal Magazine of Modern Arab Literature. 23 July 2014.