词条 | Lenin El-Ramly |
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He is recognized in Egypt and abroad for his daring to put question marks at hypocrite and intolerant manners in parts of the Egyptian society and other countries in the Arab world. His presentations are characterized as existentialist and sociopolitical questions within popular funny settings.[1][2] Life and careerEl-Ramly was born in a political engaged family. His mother is Souad Zuhair.[3] He published his first short story in 1956 in the magazine Sabah El-Kheir. Yet during his study, in 1967, he started writing social comedies and series for television. At the beginning of the 21st Century, his work from this era is still broadcast. In 1970 he obtained his bachelor's degree in Theater Critics and Theater Literature at the High Institute for Theater Art.[4] In 1971 El-Ramly and film director Salah Abu Seif began a close co-operation. In this time he wrote The Ostrich and the Peacock, which in 2002, for the first time since 30 years, could be shown to the public. The censors say that this film starts a sexual dialogue that invokes sexual desires. According to El-Ramly they had misunderstood his script.[4][5] El-Ramly founded his own theater company in 1980, called Studio 80. His aim has been to put another kind of plays on stage than usually could be seen at commercial plays. His work Bel-Arabi El-Faseeh of 1991, that has been translated into English as In Plain Arabic, labors at Pan-Arabism. This play has been described as matchless satire, and was declared to be the Best Theater Play of the Year in Egypt. From Kuwait he received the Soad Sabbah Award for this play. From Western media he received praising critics as well, for instance in the Herald Tribune and Time Magazine. His theater plays have been staged in the Arab world, as well as in Western countries like France and Australia. Although In plain Arabic has been refused during the Carthage Theatre Festival in Tunisia.[1][4][6] In 1993, El-Ramly founded his second theater company, called Studio 2000. In 1994, he rewrote his debut from 1967 that he had introduced then under the title Al-Erhabi (The Terrorist). With this scenario he got widely known in his own country and abroad.[1][4] El-Ramly's work is widely recognized. For instance he won during the Vivay Film Festival for Comical Movies in 1987, and received the Kuwaiti en Soad Sabbah Award in 1991. In 2005 El-Ramly was honored with the Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands. The jury valued his "constructive use of humour to provoke public analysis of social and cultural issues."[1][4][7] Theater playsUntil 2005, El-Ramly wrote forty theater plays in Arabic that have been shown on the stage. Three of them were translated into English:[8]
More plays have been translated in other languages, like The Prisoner from 2002 which was staged in Danish.[4] FilmographyThe following film scripts have been written by El-Ramly:[9]
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