Youssef Abdelaziz

Egypt

Birth Date : 20/6/1969 Qena – Egypt
B.A. in English Literature – Assiuot University – 1991
Memberships
- Member in Egypt writer's Union .
- Member in Al-Ahram Book Club - Al-Ahram Press Establishment - Cairo .
- Member in the literary club - Aswan Cultural Palace - Aswan .

Cultural Interests and Hobbies
- Poet and Translator
- Short story translator in the Cultural Programme Radio – Egyptian Radio and TV Union
- Publishing literary works in some Egyptian and Arabic periodicals , like :
Sutour - Akhbar AlAdab – AlShi'r –Dhad –AlThaqafa AlGadeedah ( Egypt) -- AlManhal - AlFaisal – AlFaisal AlAdabiya - Nawafidh - ( Saudi Arabia ) --AlRafid - AlMontada- ( United Arab Emirates) -- AlBayan ( Kuwait)--AlWahda(Morocco)--AlBahrain AlThaqafiya – Thaqafat (Bahrain) ..

Publications
1- Henry Lawson , Models of His Short Stories and Verses – The General Egyptian Book Organization – Cairo – 2007
2- The union Buries Its Dead and Other Stories by Henry Lawson ( translated into Arabic ) – The General Organization of Cultural Palaces – Cairo – 2006
3- For Silence and Ashes ( Arabic Poetry Anthology ) – Aswat literary series – Zaqazeeq – Sharqiya – 2004
4-Selected poems from the world poetry ( Translated into Arabic )
5- The Uncultured Wars, Arabs and Muslims and the Poverty of Liberal Thought - Steven Salaita - translated into Arabic- The National Centre for Translation- Cairo - 2010

Works to be published :
1-Banjo Paterson ( selected Poems Translated into Arabic )
2- O Henry ( Selected Short Stories Translated into Arabic )


Honors
- Honored for prominent efforts in cultural radio programmes – Almahroussa 8th Literary Festival-Qena- 2000
- Honored for prominent efforts in cultural radio programmes – Kom Amb City Centenary Festival – Kom Ambo Cultural Palace - Aswan – 2001

Website :
youaziz.jeeran.com

E-mail:
youaziz@gmail.com