Jean Mohsen Fahmy (born 1942) is an Egyptian Canadian writer.[1] He is most noted for his 2005 novel L'Agonie des dieux, which was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for French fiction in 2006,[2] and his 2019 novel La sultane dévoilée, which was the winner of the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2019.[3]
He was a shortlisted Trillium finalist on two other occasions, for Amina et le mamelouk blanc in 1999[4] and for Frères ennemis in 2010.[5]
Works
Fiction
- Le Désert et le loup (1985)
- Amina et le mamelouk blanc (1998)
- Ibn Khaldoun – L’honneur et la disgrâce (2002)
- Lumières (2003)
- L’Agonie des dieux (2005)
- Alexandre et les trafiquants du désert (2007)
- Frères ennemis (2009)
- Le Berger du soleil (2009)
- Les Chemins de la liberté, tome 1 : Fabien et Marie (2013)
- Les Chemins de la liberté, tome 2 : L'Ultime Voyage (2014)
- La sultane dévoilée (2019)
- Par-delà les frontières (2023)
Non-fiction
- Voltaire et l’amitié (1972)
- Études Rousseau Trent (1980)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau et la société du XVIII siècle (1981)
- Voltaire et Paris (1981)
- Chrétiens d'Orient, le courage et la foi (2015)
References
- ^ Claude Rochon, "Un grand roman historique de Jean Mohsen Fahmy". Liaison, No. 119 (Summer 2003), p. 55.
- ^ Judy Stoffman, "Gibb novel set in Africa wins the Trillium". Toronto Star, April 26, 2006.
- ^ "Et le Prix du Salon du livre 2019 est attribué à…". Le Métropolitain, December 10, 2019.
- ^ "Shortlist picked for Trillium book prize". Toronto Star, March 14, 1999.
- ^ "Munro and Atwood are among finalists for award". The Daily Gleaner, June 9, 2010.
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