Jean Mohsen Fahmy (born 1942) is an Egyptian Canadian writer.Claude Rochon, "Un grand roman historique de Jean Mohsen Fahmy". Liaison, No. 119 (Summer 2003), p. 55. He is most noted for his 2005 novel L'Agonie des dieux, which was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for French fiction in 2006,Judy Stoffman, "Gibb novel set in Africa wins the Trillium". Toronto Star, April 26, 2006. and his 2019 novel La sultane dévoilée, which was the winner of the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2019."Et le Prix du Salon du livre 2019 est attribué à…". Le Métropolitain, December 10, 2019.
He was a shortlisted Trillium finalist on two other occasions, for Amina et le mamelouk blanc in 1999"Shortlist picked for Trillium book prize". Toronto Star, March 14, 1999. and for Frères ennemis in 2010."Munro and Atwood are among finalists for award". The Daily Gleaner, June 9, 2010.
Works Fiction
Non-fiction Voltaire et l’amitié (1972) Études Rousseau Trent (1980) Jean-Jacques Rousseau et la société du XVIII siècle (1981) Voltaire et Paris (1981) Chrétiens d'Orient, le courage et la foi (2015)
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