Enayat al-Zayyat

Enayat al-Zayyat
Born23 March 1936
Dokki, Egypt
Died5 January 1963 (aged 26)
Cause of deathSuicide
Resting placeCairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Notable workLove and Silence

Enayat al-Zayyat (Arabic: عنايات الزيات; 23 March 1936 – 5 January 1963)[1] was an Egyptian writer born in Cairo.[2] She was considered one of Egypt's most prominent women writers who committed suicide.[2][3] She wrote a single novel that impressed many Egyptian critics and writers, Love and Silence (original: al-Ḥubb wa-al-ṣamt) (1967),[3][4] which was presented by writer Mustafa Mahmoud.[5]

  1. ^ "عنايات الزيات/ إيمان مرسال: ما ندركه من تقفي أثر كاتبة". مدى مصر (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b حفينة, عبد الحليم. "في أثر عنايات الزيات – الكتب – كاتب و كتاب – البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b mlynxqualey (7 November 2020). "Classic Bulaq: 'Love and Silence, Rediscovering Enayat al-Zayyat'". ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ mlynxqualey (4 August 2019). "Classics, Revisited: Enayat al-Zayyat's 'Love and Silence'". ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "عنايات الزيات – ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو". elCinema.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.