Amr El Adly (Arabic:) is an Egyptian writer and novelist who was born in 1970. He is a member of Egypt writers Union. El Adly àhas published five-story collections, one poetry collection, and eight novels including âÂÂThe Lamp and the Bottleâ and âÂÂMy Name Is Fatimaâ which were nominated for Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Amr El Adly was born in Cairo on December 9, 1970. He graduated from the Department of Sociology at Ain Shams University. He is a member of the Egypt writers Union. His writing career started in 2008, when he published his first story collection "Black Bread." El Adly was influenced by âÂÂArt of Poetryâ by Aristotle and by âÂÂThe Decameronâ by Giovanni Boccaccio. In 2011, he succeeded to publish his first novel which is âÂÂSeducing Yusuf.â However, "the Light and the Bottle" the novel which was longlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2018, is the only novel he published for children and young people.
El Adly's writing style, particularly in writing stories, does not address specific audience. He tries through his writings to document his feeling and make all readers of different levels understand and feel what he felt.
Al-Adly has won many awards including the State incentive Award for his novel "The visit" in 2015. In the same year, he won the Sawiris Cultural Award for his story collection "the Story of Yusuf Idris." His novel "My Name Is Fatima" also was longlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2019. Since 2013, El Adly has been organizing workshops for creative writing, including âÂÂDar Ishraqâ workshop for creative writing, âÂÂToyaâ workshop and others.