Hanna Mina

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Hanna Mina


Born
in Latikia, Syrian Arab Republic
March 09, 1924

Died
August 21, 2018

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Hanna Mina (Arabic: حنا مينه) was a Syrian novelist, described in Literature from the "Axis of Evil" as the country's "most prominent" writer.

His early novels belong to the movement of social realism in the literature of Syria, and focus on class conflict; his later works contain "a more symbolic analysis of class differences". His writing on the suffering of ordinary people was partly inspired by his own experiences, alternately working as a stevedore, barber and journalist; his autobiographical short story, "On the Sacks", was published in 1976.

Several of his works written in Arabic are set during the period of the French Mandate of Syria, or in the period immediately following independence. Mina has authored about 40 novels, varying in i
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“ما عدت أفكر بشيء الإنسان هو الإنسان، والبهيمة هي البهيمة، وأنا بين الإنسان والبهيمة، أتحسس الأشياء، أفرح لها وأحزن من أجلها، أطير سعادة، أختنق غماً لكنني في كل ذلك لا أستطيع التعبير، ولا ترتيب مشاعري أو معرفة الحسن من السيء بينها..”
Hanna Mina, نهاية رجل شجاع

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