Books of Tawfiq al-Hakim

Among the books of Tawfiq al-Hakim:

From his plays: The People of the Cave, Scheherazade, the Testament of Satan, Solomon the Wise, King Oedipus, Pygmalion, Journey to Tomorrow, the ticking of the clock, Isis, virginal love, the game of death, the sun of the day, the fate of the cockroach, and the donkeys.
Among his stories and novels: The Enchanted Palace, The Return of the Spirit, A Bird from the East, The Wedding Night, The Diary of a Deputy in the Countryside, The Holy Bond, and The Wand of the Wise.
Among his articles, collected in books: Under the sun of thought, the flower of life, the art of literature, and my donkey told me, reflections on politics, the literature of life, a journey between two eras, the return of awareness, theories in religion, culture and society, Wednesday talks, Egypt between two eras, the youth revolution, and lost time.

It is noteworthy that there are aforementioned books that have been translated into English, such as Scheherazade, The Return of the Spirit, Diary of a Deputy in the Countryside, A Bird from the East, Pygmalion, King Oedipus, Journey to Tomorrow, The Fate of a Cockroach, and Sun of the Day. And other books that were not mentioned, such as: Ahl al-Kahf, Adalah wa Fann Qasas, Suleiman al-Hakim, Nahr al-Junun, The Devil in Danger, Between a Day and a Night, The Director, The House of Ants, The Pier, Praxa or the Problem of Judgment, Politics and Peace, The Prayer of the Angels, Food for Every Mouth, And soft hands, and a poet on the moon, and the dilemma, and the quiet nest, and I want to kill, and the witch, and if the youth knew - the treasure, and the ticking of the clock, the song of death, and death and love, and the bewildered sultan, and the horoscope of the tree, and the martyr, and the woman who defeated the devil.

About Tawfiq Al-Hakim

He is Hussein Tawfiq Ismail Ahmed al-Hakim, an Egyptian novelist, storyteller, and playwright. He studied at al-Kuttab schools located in the villages of the Nile Delta, where he studied at Muhammad Ali School, then Damanhour Elementary School, then moved to Alexandria to study at the secondary level. He obtained a law degree from a law school in Cairo, then moved to Paris to complete his studies in the same specialty, but he returned before completing his doctorate. Tawfiq al-Hakim was born in Alexandria in 1898 AD, and it was said in 1897 AD, and it was said in 1902 AD, and he died on the twenty-seventh of July of the year 1987 AD.

Characteristics of Tawfiq al-Hakim's work

His works were characterized by smooth language, and their diversity in the fields of play and novel, and spread very widely, and his works reached thirty-one plays, twelve novels, and about thirty authors in articles and research collected in books, and despite the abundant production of Tawfiq al-Hakim, the number of his plays that It could be represented on the stage was very few; Most of them were written to be read, not to be acted upon.

The Sun of Thought book

In his book Under the Sun of Thought, published by the Library of Egypt, Tawfiq al-Hakim talks about many topics, including: the doctrine of faith, the defense of Islam, women in the youth of the Prophet, the essence of religion, literature, art and culture, criticism, God’s style in his creation, the purpose of literature and art, and art. And reform, oriental culture, the mass of the oriental spirit, the revival of ancient Arab culture, women and their thorns, and women and greatness.

Literature art book

It is issued by Dar Misr for Printing, in which Tawfiq al-Hakim spoke about Arabic literature, the relationship of literature with art, science, civilization, theatre, journalism and cinema, the problems of literature and literature and its generations, and literature and its commitments.

Book Egypt between two eras

During it, Tawfiq al-Hakim spoke about: the spirit of Egypt between two eras, and Egypt between two eras in a journey on the wing of a bird, a journey around the present, a journey about the Egyptian personality, and the worlds, and from the messages of the flower of life, and the issue of the Egyptian personality, and education between water and air and food for every mouth and mind.

Critics' opinions

Among the critics’ opinions on Tawfiq al-Hakim’s work are the following:

Zaki Mubarak mentioned that Tawfiq al-Hakim is a writer by nature, but he needs the tools of a writer. He was not created except in the book A Bird from the East. This is because - in this book - he wrote as a human being, not as a famous writer.
Charles Bourdon stated that the value of the Egyptian novel (The Return of the Spirit) lies in the fact that it expressed the returns and spirit of Egypt, as well as in the difference between the apparent weakness of the farmer and the hidden strength of his spirit.
Marc de la Forge mentioned that al-Hakim is one of the greatest writers in the Arab world, and that his novel (The Return of the Spirit) includes many real foundations.