Biography
Safaa Fathy was born in 1958 in Minya, Egypt. She studied English Literature at the University of Minia and moved to Paris in 1981 where she obtained a PhD from Sorbonne. She has written several books of poetry, including Revolution Goes Through Walls written in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and A Name to the Sea. Her films include Mohammad Saved from the Waters, a film poem titled Nom à la mer and Derrida’s Elsewhere about the famous philosopher Jacques Derrida with whom she collaborated frequently and shared a close relationship
Poetry Collections
Revolution Goes Through Walls (Split Level, 2018);
Al Haschiche (Ediciones Sin Nombre, Mexico, 2007);
A Name to The Sea (Dar Al Nahda, Pub date unfound, Cairo.)
Sources
"Saved by Safaa Fathy." Maysles Documentary Center. September 16, 2020. https://www.maysles.org/calendar/2020/9/16/saved-from-the-waters-films-by-safaa-fathy "Safaa Fathy: Revealing The Poem: From Narrative to its Elemental Image." The Cooper Union. May 5, 2020. "https://cooper.edu/events-and-exhibitions/events/safaa-fathy-revealing-poem-narrative-its-elemental-image "Safaa Fathy Welcome Page." Safaa Fathy Official. http://safaafathy.org/en/. Accessed on April 9, 2022.
