title: Ahmad Abdulatif
text: # Ahmad Abdulatif
  
  Ahmad Abdulatif (born 1978) is an Egyptian writer and translator. He studied BA and Arabic in Madrid and Granada. He has written five novels and has won several prizes.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * The Keymaker (2010), winner of the 2011 the National Prize of novel
  * The Clairvoyant (2012);
  * The Book of the Sculptor (2013), winner of the 2015 Sawiris Cultural Award
  * Elias (2014)
  * The Earthen Fortress (2017), nominated for the 2018 Arabic Booker Prize
  