Sami Khayat
Bornسامي ألبير خيَّاط Edit this on Wikidata
2 December 1943 Edit this on Wikidata
Died26 April 2023 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 79)
Awards

Sami Khayat (Arabic: سامي خياط; 2 December 1943 – 26 April 2023) was a Lebanese francophone theatre comic actor, director, and writer.[1] He is considered one of the pioneers of comic theatre in Lebanon.

Khayat was born on 2 December 1943.[2] He began his artistic career with a play he presented in 1960, entitled Molière Hugo and Sofocole. His plays were classified as satirical lyric theater,[3][4] known as the chansonnier.[4] He duetted with Pierre Chamassian from 1973 until 1986, and once again in 2013.[5]

In 2020, he was awarded the French Medal of Arts and Literature with the rank of officer, in recognition of his 60 years of theatrical work in the French and Franco-Lebanese languages. which did not stop even in the midst of the Civil war.[3][6] He was honored on several occasions in Lebanon by The Gebran Tueni Foundation and Fakhruddin Foundation.[3][7]

Sami Khayat died of bone cancer on 26 April 2023, at the age of 79.[8]

Work

His works include:[3]

  • Super-Choir (1978)[9]
  • Yes for Elias يس فور لياس
  • Abu Clips أبو كليبس (1980)[9]
  • Baabda Boom بعبدا بوم (1981)[9]
  • Finito (1982-1983)[9]
  • Star Epidemi ستار إيبيديميو, in Kulturzentrum (Jounieh) (2007)[10]
  • Mine Dir Rien مين دريان
  • Kuma Sava كوما سافا
  • Taisez Vous - 2[11]
  • Karafe قرف [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sami Khayat: Lebanon's Culture Comic - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "وفاة المسرحي اللبناني سامي خياط عن 79 عاماً". Euronews. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "فرنسا تمنح سامي خياط وسام الفنون والآداب من رتبة ضابط". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "سامي خياط : "علقنا بالقنينة"". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "سامي خياط وبيار شماسيان... معاً من جديد". annahar.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. ↑ للإعلام, الوكالة الوطنية. "فرنسا منحت سامي خياط وسام الفنون والآداب من رتبة ضابط". الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "بين تكريم فرنسا لـ سامي خياط وهجرة عايدة صبرا..لبنان غارق في عتمته وفساده". Elfann News (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  8. ↑ وفاة المسرحي اللبناني سامي خياط (in Arabic)
  9. 1 2 3 4 "خمس مسرحيات من أرشيف سامي خياط: أعمال الماضي تتحدث عن الحاضر". annahar.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "SPECTACLE Samy Khayat et sa "Star Epidemy" au Kulturzentrum (Jounieh)". L'Orient-Le Jour. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "سامي خيّاط لـ 'النهار': 'Taisez Vous - 2' تودّعكم السبت". annahar.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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