Talaat al-Shayeb

Talaat al-Shayeb (Arabic:) (1942-2017) is an Egyptian author, translator and intellectual. He translated and reviewed more than one international literate work.
Early life.
Talaat al-Shayeb born in 1942 in Al-Batanun village, which is one of the Shibin El Kom Center that affiliated to Menoufia Governorate in Arab Republic of Egypt. His parents were an Egyptian. He studied in Al-muaalimeen college in Cairo University in 1958 
Literary life.
Al-Shayeb considered one of the most outstanding Egyptian translator who translated from English to Arabic in Egypt in particular, and in the Arabic world in general. He was distinguished of his choices of the titles of the books that he was translating. Al-Shayeb was interested of socio-political and development subjects, in addition to the subjects that contains the third world and dialogue between cultures and civilizations.
Al-shayeb has translated many books and novels in languages like: French, English and Russian to Arabic, the total of which he translated has exceeded 20 work, including: Normal Girl by Arthur Miller, Silk by Alessandro Baricco, Nude Before God by Shiv K. Kumar, The Silent Angel novel by Heinrich Paulus, Follow Your Heart by the Italian Susanna Tamaro, Slowness by Milan kondera, The Pigeon by the German Patrick Zuskind.
Among the books he translated ( Civilizations Clash and Rebuild the Global System) by Samuel Huntington, (The Idea of Decay in Western History) by Arthur Hermann, And the book (The Cultural Cold War: The CIA's Role in Literature and the Arts) by Frances Stonor Saunders. He also translated the book (In My Childhood) which is a study of Arabic biography. As it is distinguished as a translation with a complete literary and narrative flavor of the doctoral thesis in Arabic literature by the Swiss researcher (Titz Roque), In addition to a selection of international poetry, including the poetry collection (Voices of Conscience), which is considered one of the special translated poetic works of Alshayeb, The divan includes fifty poems in English from the International Poetry Bureau of several poets, some of which are translated from the languages of their original poets, before Shayeb translated them into Arabic. Whether it is directed by individuals, groups or countries
Al-Shayeb also edited the complete encyclopedia of the works of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in addition to translating 3 books, including: Islam and the Islamic Nation, A New Plan for Asia and the Challenge.
Al-shayeb had a high position in the field of the literate and translation Egyptian and Arab cultural community which qualified him to take the position of Assistant Director of the Egyptian National Center for Translation since its inception in 2007. He remained in his position for four years until his resignation in 2010 to devote himself to reading and translating and participation in local and international cultural confesses and forum.
Death.
Al-Shayeb passed away on 1-April 2017 after a sudden health crisis during his participation in a symposium of Al-Torji Cultural Salon in New Damietta, where he passed away before arriving to the hospital.