Ahmad al-Fagih
is a Libyan author and playwright. In 1965, at the age of 22, he was awarded a prize for his first book of short stories. He has worked in many capacities in the fields of culture and the media. He has a PhD in Arabic Literature from the University of Edinburgh. Some of his work has been translated into English; the plays Gazelles (performed 1982) and Evening Visitor, his trilogy Gardens of the Night (Quartet, 1995) and The Valley of Ashes. In 2000, Kegan Paul International published a 5-volume collection of his stories and plays.
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