Girgis Shoukry

Biography

Girgis Shoukry was born in Sohag, Egypt. He studied business but began a career in art criticism. He worked as a drama critic for Radio and Television magazine in Cairo and a coeditor of the Aswaat Adabiyya (Literary Voices) series. In 1996, he published his first collection of poems, Fallen under My Soles. Subsequent collections included A Good Person in Conversation with Himself and The Importance of a Dog in a Play. His work explores the church, death, and the clash between childhood innocence and the adult world with its attendant rituals and biblical stories.

Birth Date

1967-01-01

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

Egypt

Sources

"Girgis Shukry." Banipal Magazine of Modern Arab Literature, https://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/314/girgis-shukry/. Accessed 11 August 2022.
 
Nijland, Kees. "Girgis Shoukry." Poetry International Festival, https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-429_Shoukry?festivalyear=2002. Accessed 11 August 2022.