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Yahya Taher Abdullah (Arabic: يحيى الطاهر عبد الله) (born in Karnak in 1938, died April 9, 1981) was an Egyptian writer.

Abdullah grew up in Upper Egypt but moved to Cairo in 1964 at the age of 28. One of the first to recognize his talents was the magazine editor Edwar al-Kharrat who arranged a small monthly stipend for him. Nonetheless, Abdullah lived a hand-to-mouth existence. He gained renown in literary circles for live readings of his stories, and published several novellas and short story collections. He had no formal literary training, but was widely regarded as one of the top young Egyptian writers of the 1960s. He died in a car crash in the Western Desert in 1981.

In his memoirs, the translator Denys Johnson-Davies describes his acquaintanceship with Abdullah and his struggle to publish the author's short stories in English. That first collection, eventually published as part of the Heinemann Arab Authors series, was called The Mountain Of Green Tea and is still available from the AUC Press. More recently, The Collar and the Bracelet was translated by Samah Selim and published by the AUC Press in 2009. Selim won the Banipal Prize for her translation. The Collar and the Bracelet was also adapted for the screen by the famous realist film director Khairy Bishara in 1986.

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-'''Yahya Taher Abdullah''' (Arabic: يحيى الطاهر عبد الله) (born in [[Karnak]] in 1938, died 1981) was an Egyptian writer.
+'''Yahya Taher Abdullah''' (Arabic: يحيى الطاهر عبد الله) (born in [[Karnak]] in 1938, died April 9, 1981) was an Egyptian writer.
-Abdullah grew up in [[Upper Egypt]] but moved to [[Cairo]] in 1964 at the age of 28. He gained renown in literary circles for live readings of his stories, and published four novellas and five collections of short stories during his lifetime. His book ''The Collar and the Bracelet'' was adapted for the screen by the famous realist film director [[Khairy Bishara]]. Abdullah had no formal literary training, but was seen as one of the top young Egyptian writers of the 1960s. He died in a car accident in 1981.
+Abdullah grew up in [[Upper Egypt]] but moved to [[Cairo]] in 1964 at the age of 28. One of the first to recognize his talents was the magazine editor [[Edwar al-Kharrat]] who arranged a small monthly stipend for him. Nonetheless, Abdullah lived a hand-to-mouth existence. He gained renown in literary circles for live readings of his stories, and published several novellas and short story collections. He had no formal literary training, but was widely regarded as one of the top young Egyptian writers of the 1960s. He died in a car crash in the Western Desert in 1981.
-''The Collar and the Bracelet'' was translated by [[Samah Selim]] and published by the [[American University of Cairo]] Press in 2009. Selim won the [[Banipal Prize]] for her translation.
+In his memoirs, the translator [[Denys Johnson-Davies]] describes his acquaintanceship with Abdullah and his struggle to publish the author's short stories in English. That first collection, eventually published as part of the Heinemann Arab Authors series, was called ''The Mountain Of Green Tea'' and is still available from the AUC Press. More recently, ''The Collar and the Bracelet'' was translated by [[Samah Selim]] and published by the AUC Press in 2009. Selim won the [[Banipal Prize]] for her translation. ''The Collar and the Bracelet'' was also adapted for the screen by the famous realist film director [[Khairy Bishara]] in 1986.
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