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Ismail Fahd Ismail, (born: January 1, 1940, Basra - died: September 25, 2018, Kuwait), a full-time Kuwaiti writer and novelist since 1985. He obtained a BA in Literature and Criticism from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts - State of Kuwait. He worked in the field of teaching and management of educational media, and managed an artistic production company.
Novelist Ismail Fahd Ismail is considered the true founder of the art of the novel in Kuwait, because he represents one of the Arab novelist brands counted in the firmament of the art of the novel. Ismail Al-Fahd presented his first novel, “The Sky Was Blue,” in 1970. At that time, the well-known Arab writer and poet Salah Abdel Sabour said about him in his introduction to the novel: “The novel was a big surprise to me, as this novel is as new as I imagine. Twentieth century novel. Coming from the farthest part of the Arab East, where there are no traditions in the art of the novel, and where life still reserves the greatest place for poetry. The secret of my surprise was not only that, but perhaps that did not surprise me until after the novel itself astonished me with its precise contemporary artistic construction, and with the amount of passion, love, violence, cruelty, and thought all permeating its folds.” Ismail Fahd Ismail is considered the most important pillar of the art of fiction and short stories in Kuwait in particular. His sponsorship of a large number of short story and novel writers, and his embrace of creative literary talents, have become a remarkable presence on the Kuwaiti and Arab scene.
His works
The Sky Was Blue (1970)
The Photoswamps Novel (1971).
The Rope Novel (1972).
The Other Banks is a novel (1973).
Cages and Common Language Stories (1974).
Incident File 67 novel (1975).
Al-Shiyah is a novel (1975).
The Arab story in Kuwait, a study (1977).
Dramatic action and its opposite, a study (1978).
Birds and Friends Novel (1979).
A Step into a Dream Novel (1980).
The word - the action in Saadallah Wannous's theater, a study (1981).
The text is a play (1982).
The Nile Runs North - The Beginnings of a Novel (1983).
The Nile runs north - Al-Nawatir, a novel (1984).
The Nile, Taste and Smell, a novel (1989).
Coordinates of the Time of Isolation - A Seven Novel (1996)
The Dark Spot Stories (1996).
The Sun in Pisces novel (1996).
Life is the last face of a novel (1996).
Chaining things is a novel (1996).
Circles of Impossibility is a novel (1996).
Memory of Presence, a novel (1996).
The Ababilion is a novel (1996).
The Storm Novel (1996).
It Happens Yesterday is a novel (1997) that was addressed by the Iraqi critic Hussein Al-Sakkaf in a detailed critical article published in the online newspaper Elaph and the Baghdadi newspaper Al-Mada.
Away.. To Here is a novel (1997).
The Shadow Being Novel (1999).
Distant Skies, a novel (2000).
Ali Al-Sabti - Poet in the Open Air Study (2002).
What the Tree Learned, Laila Al-Othman, author of a study (2005).
Different creators, fruitful words (2006)
The event has the rest of Ibn Zaydoun, a play (2008)
Taji Birds (2014)
In the Presence of the Phoenix and the Faithful Vinegar (2014), a novel (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2015)
The Second Appearance of Ibn Laboun (2015), a novel
Al-Sabiliyat Novel (2015).
(On the Custodian of Handala) Novel (2017).
(Another Black Box) Novel (2018).
Under print
Musk.. (novel)
What a Sleeper Doesn't See (A Collection of Short Stories)
Under print
Musk.. (novel)
What a Sleeper Doesn't See (A Collection of Short Stories)
Achievements and Awards
The awards he won
The State Encouragement Award in the field of fiction, 1989.
The State Encouragement Award in the field of critical studies, 2002.
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