| Dalia Saad |
An Egyptian playwright, born in Mit Ghamr, Dakahlia in 1918. He loved the theater since his childhood. He studied at the Faculty of Arts at Fouad I University (Cairo University now) and got a BA in English in 1942. He was linked to the literary movement that emerged in Egypt in the aftermath of WWII, which was concerned with society's problems. He was acquainted with international literature through famous writers such as Ibsen and Chekhov. His theatrical experience kept pace with the changes in Egyptian society after the 1952 revolution and the change into a socialist society. His writings were always realistic, which qualified him to become a pioneer of Egyptian realism in the theater after the revolution. This realism was not present in the Egyptian theater in the forties and fifties. His first play was The Magnet, which was shown in the early fifties at the Egyptian Opera House, and directed by Saad Ardash. It achieved great success. After that, he presented many successful plays in the National Theater, including The Doughry Family, and Foreign Countries. He worked for a while as an editor at Akhbar El Youm newspaper, and was also elected a member of the story and theater committees of the Supreme Council for the Sponsorship of Arts, Literature and Social Sciences. He received many accolades, including the State Encouragement Award for his play Foreign Countries in 1969. He died in 1987.
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