The writer Tarek Imam, born on August 12, 1977, holds a Bachelor of Arts - Department of English - Alexandria University. The author was published: New birds that have not been spoiled by the air - stories - Dar Sharqiyat Cairo - 1995 - Another Street for a Being - Stories - The General Authority for Cultural Palaces Cairo - 1997 - The King of the Five Seas - Stories for Children - The Qatar Dew Book - Cairo - 2000 - The Cat's Law - A Novel - Dar Merit - Cairo - 2003 The Calmness of the Killers - A Novel - Dar Merit - Cairo - 2007 The widow writes letters in secret - Novel - Dar Al-Ain - Cairo - 2009 The story of an old man whenever he dreamed of a city in which he died - Stories - Egypt Renaissance House - Cairo - January 2010 Received five Egyptian and Arab literary prizes, the State Encouragement Prize in Literature, for the novel (The Calmness of the Killers) 2010 - Sawiris Prize for the Novel, 2009, for The Novel The Calmness of the Killers - The First Central Prize of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, 2004 and 2006 for two manuscript short stories - Souad Al-Sabah Award for Arab Creativity for the best short story collection, 2004