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Joseph Askar-Nahas
Joseph ASKAR-NAHAS (1900). Joseph Askar-Nahas, his real name Joseph Nahas bey, was born in Hélouan, near Cairo, in 1900 and studied in religious schools. After his law degree, he pursued a career in the administration of the Suez Canal Company. In relation with the intellectual circles of Paris and Cairo, he deals a lot with literature and literary movements. He published a novel: Rencontre (Paris, Montaignac, 1934), poems in prose: Billets à Luce (Le Caire, Horus 1942 and 1955), Djénane (Paris, Nouvelles Editions latines, 1957), essays: Les reflections d’Ebn Goha and Les Propos de cheikh Barmil, as well as several conferences. The author received the Edgar Poe Prize in 1955.