بدأت حصد الجوائز مبكراً، فمنذ صدر شبابي فزت بجائزة أولى في المؤتمر الأول للأدباء الشبان بالزقازيق 1969، وسلمني شهادة التقدير الدكتور مفيد شهاب، وكتب عني سيد حجاب في مجلة (الشباب).
بعد مرور عام على نشوب حرب أكتوبر تقدمت بقصتي الأولى (في البدء كانت طيبة) فحصلت على المركز الأول، وفيما أنا أقيم بمدينة دمياط على مبعدة 180 كيلومتراً تم استدعائي للقاهرة، وأُجريت معي عدة لقاءات تلفزيونية، وأجرت معي نادية صالح حلقة من البرنامج الشهير (على الناصية) فترة إيقاف آمال فهمي.
كما أجرت الدكتورة درية شرف الدين مع منير عامر مقابلة في برنامج (تحت العشرين)، وكنت في بداياتي وقتها.
في عام 1986 تفوز روايتي (رجال وشظايا) بجائزة القوات المسلحة، يتحمس لذلك جمال الغيطاني، وتصدر في سلسلة (أدب الحرب).
معنى ذلك أن الجوائز القومية لها شديد الأثر في أن يطرق الإعلام بابك مهما كان موقعك الجغرافي. وأتذكر في العام نفسه، حصلنا على جوائز أولى في الشعر والقصة والمسرح (سمير الفيل، وتاج الدين محمد، وعبدالدايم الشاذلي)، وبتنا في ميدان التحرير، تحت السماء المفتوحة لأننا لم نكن نملك نقوداً للسفر لمدننا البعيدة.
أعتقد أنه أمر طبيعي أن يتجه الناشرون لطلب مخطوطاتك بعد الفوز بجوائز قومية، هذا حدث معي عام 2016 حين فازت مجموعتي القصصية (جبل النرجس)، والأمر نفسه حدث بكثافة بعد فوز مجموعتي القصصية (أتوبيس خط 77) بجائزة ساويرس فئة كبار الكتاب، عام 2020. وحضرت حفلنا نخبة من المثقفين منهم الدكتور محمد أبو الغار.
الأمر نفسه تكرر بصورة أكثر وضوحاً مع فوز مجموعتي (دمى حزينة) بجائزة الملتقي للقصة القصيرة العربية، فزرت الكويت، والدوحة، وعمان. وألقيت في العاصمة الأردنية محاضرة عن تجربتي في فن القصة مع صديقي خالد اليوسف وصديقي طالب الرفاعي.
على وجه الإجمال: الفوز بجوائز قومية أو عربية يكون بوابة ذهبية للتعريف بالكاتب وإنتاجه.
الجوائز والميديا العملاقة
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سمير الفيل
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I started winning awards early; since my youth, I won a first prize at the first conference for young writers in Zagazig in 1969, and Dr. Mufeed Shehab handed me the certificate of appreciation, while Said Hijab wrote about me in the magazine (Youth).
After a year following the outbreak of the October War, I submitted my first story (In the Beginning, It Was Good) and won first place. While I was living in Damietta, 180 kilometers away, I was summoned to Cairo, where I had several television interviews, and Nadia Saleh conducted an episode with me for the famous program (On the Corner) during the suspension of Amal Fahmy.
Dr. Doria Sharaf El-Din also interviewed Munir Amer in the program (Under Twenty), and I was just starting out at that time.
In 1986, my novel (Men and Shards) won the Armed Forces Award, which excited Gamal Al-Ghitani, and it was published in the (War Literature) series.
This means that national awards have a significant impact in attracting media attention to you, regardless of your geographical location. I remember that in the same year, we won first prizes in poetry, story, and theater (Samir Al-Fil, Taj El-Din Mohamed, and Abdel Daim Al-Shazly), and we found ourselves in Tahrir Square, under the open sky because we didn’t have money to travel to our distant cities.
I believe it is natural for publishers to seek your manuscripts after winning national awards. This happened to me in 2016 when my short story collection (Mountain of Narcissus) won, and the same thing happened more intensely after my short story collection (Bus Line 77) won the Sawiris Award for Senior Writers in 2020. A group of intellectuals attended our ceremony, including Dr. Mohamed Abu Al-Ghar.
The same thing happened more clearly when my collection (Sad Dolls) won the Al-Multaqa Award for Arabic Short Stories, which led me to visit Kuwait, Doha, and Amman. I delivered a lecture in the Jordanian capital about my experience in the art of storytelling with my friends Khaled Al-Youssef and Taleb Al-Rifai.
In general: winning national or Arab awards serves as a golden gateway to introduce the writer and their work.
After a year following the outbreak of the October War, I submitted my first story (In the Beginning, It Was Good) and won first place. While I was living in Damietta, 180 kilometers away, I was summoned to Cairo, where I had several television interviews, and Nadia Saleh conducted an episode with me for the famous program (On the Corner) during the suspension of Amal Fahmy.
Dr. Doria Sharaf El-Din also interviewed Munir Amer in the program (Under Twenty), and I was just starting out at that time.
In 1986, my novel (Men and Shards) won the Armed Forces Award, which excited Gamal Al-Ghitani, and it was published in the (War Literature) series.
This means that national awards have a significant impact in attracting media attention to you, regardless of your geographical location. I remember that in the same year, we won first prizes in poetry, story, and theater (Samir Al-Fil, Taj El-Din Mohamed, and Abdel Daim Al-Shazly), and we found ourselves in Tahrir Square, under the open sky because we didn’t have money to travel to our distant cities.
I believe it is natural for publishers to seek your manuscripts after winning national awards. This happened to me in 2016 when my short story collection (Mountain of Narcissus) won, and the same thing happened more intensely after my short story collection (Bus Line 77) won the Sawiris Award for Senior Writers in 2020. A group of intellectuals attended our ceremony, including Dr. Mohamed Abu Al-Ghar.
The same thing happened more clearly when my collection (Sad Dolls) won the Al-Multaqa Award for Arabic Short Stories, which led me to visit Kuwait, Doha, and Amman. I delivered a lecture in the Jordanian capital about my experience in the art of storytelling with my friends Khaled Al-Youssef and Taleb Al-Rifai.
In general: winning national or Arab awards serves as a golden gateway to introduce the writer and their work.
