winner Critisism & Literature Studies
Fifth Circle 1996-1997

• Born in Kafr Shinwan, Manufiya, Egypt, 1921
• Did his BA from Cairo University, 1940
• Attained his Diploma in Higher Education-1942, MA-1949, and PhD-1953
• Started working in education in 1942 and joined the faculty of Cairo University in 1954
• Became a professor of Modern Literature in Cairo University 1968 and the Dean of Theatrical Arts Institution in 1969
• Worked as Cultural Attaché at Egyptian Embassy in Rio De Janeiro between 19962 and 1964
• Worked as visiting lecturer at Khartoum University and Riyadh University
• Resigned in 1977 devoting his time to writing
• Published many of his works in English
• Translated a number of books from English to Arabic

Awards

• State merit Award in Literature
• Kuwait Award for Scientific Advancement
• International King Faisal Award in literature

Decision of the General Secretariat

Since the late 1950s, Shukri Ayyad’s works have won recognition in the field of criticism. They have continued to make creative theoretical and practical contributions to that field. His works unite traditional originality with an openness to modern criticism, making it an important reference to generations of researchers.

Famous Works

• The Protagonist in Literature and Mythology
• Tagore, the Poet of Love and Peace
• Aristotle’s Book of Poetry
• Music in Arabic Poetry
• Arabic Civilization
• Short Story in Egypt
• Literature in Our Changing World
• Restricted Vision
• Quranic Studies
• Introduction to Methodology
• Trends of Methodological Research
• Creativity
• Language and Creativity
• Philosophy and Criticism
• Arabic and Western Schools of Literature and criticism
• Arabic Poetry from Tribe to Nation
• New Birth
• The Road to University
• My Beautiful Loving Wife
• Quartets
• Old Tales
• Cave of Good People

Studies in Literary and Social Criticism

• Experiments in Literature and Criticism
• First There Was the Word
• We and the West
• Religion, Science and Society
• On the Margin of Criticism