TY - JOUR N2 - Egyptian writer ʼIhsān ‛Abd al-Quddūs is one of the most prolific contemporary Arab writers and gained great popularity, especially in his country, but also all over the Arab world. The author deals with issues considered by society, including literature, taboos as the relationship between man and woman outside the context of marriage, the description of physical contacts, carnal and passionate love, prostitution, drugs, and the emancipation of women. In his stories he was interested in the feelings of the human being and in his relationship with the society. Al-Quddūs can be regarded as one of the most multifaceted intellectuals in the whole Arab world: in addition to being a writer and journalist of great popularity, he also occupied a prominent place in Egyptian cinema. ʼIhsān ‛Abd al-Quddūs was a provocative artist of great popularity in his time, but little known in the West, because of the scarceness of translated texts. Through the translation and analysis of his works it is possible to open up a wider glimpse into the knowledge of contemporary Arab literature. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/108801/PDF/FoliaOrientalia%2055-18%204De%20Blasio.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/108801 PY - 2018 EP - 32 DO - 10.24425/for.2018.124677 KW - ʼIḥsān ‛Abd al-Quddūs KW - Egyptian writer KW - contemporary Arab literature KW - romantic-popularArab literature A1 - De Blasio, Emanuela PB - Commission of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Kraków Branch VL - vol. LV DA - 2018.12.27 T1 - Le opere di Iḥsān ʽAbd al-Quddūs: una produzione letteraria ancora tutta da scoprire SP - 21 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/108801 T2 - Folia Orientalia ER -