Name: Yasser Mohamad Abdelfadil Shaban
Education: Bsc in Medicine and General Surgery
Profession: freelance writer and translator in Akbar el-Adab, al-Hayat and the Saudi el-Watan among others.
A selection of his works are :
Literary work
" Abnaa Alkhataa Alromancy" Kosoor el-Thakafa 2000
Sons of the romantic error - a novel which was banned in Egypt in 2001.
" Belkorb men Gasady "
Near to my body - a book of poetry Kosoor el-Thakafa 1997
" Kalam Kaen 'Ady "
Talk of a Normal Person - short stories - Merit 2002
"Lahthat Sehreya" - a book of poetry - Merit 2002
Translations into Arabic
The Fifth Mountain novel by Paulo Coelho
The Eye novel by Vladimir Nabokov - Merit Publishing 2002
Mr. Stone and Knights Companion V. S. Naipaul - Merit Publishing 2002
Islam and Post modernism Akbar Ahmad - High council of Culture
Awards
First Place for novel writing - Story Club 1995
First Place - Akhbar el-Yom Novel competition 1997
Third Place for novel writing - Development fund competition 1998
Third Place in Poetry - Kosoor el-Thakafa 1998
Fourth Place in Story writing - Akhbar el-Adab 1997