Yasser Shaban

Egypt

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