Publications

Songs from the Altars / Steps in Darkness
First collection of poetry, published by The Literary Library for Printing and Publishing - Alexandria, 1949. Cover by Alexandrian artitst Ahmed Fahmy.

Pickings of the Flowers from Fields of Aspirin
Collection of poetry published by The Near Eastern Publishing Company - Cairo, 1997. Cover by Ahmed Morsi.

Pictures from the New York Album
Collection of poetry published by The Egyptian Ministry of Culture - Cairo, 1998. Cover by Ahmed Morsi.

Elegies to the (Mediterranean) Sea
Collection of poetry published by The Fund for Cultural Development - Cairo, 2002. Cover by Ahmed Morsi.

Dress Rehearsal for a Season in Hell
Collection of poetry published by Dar Merit for Publishing & Distribution - Cairo, 2003. Cover by NYC-based Sudanese artist Mohammad Omar Khalil.

A Gallery Showing Stolen Paintings
Collection of poetry published by The General Authority for Culture - Cairo, 2000. Cover by Armenian-Iraqi artist Ardash Kakafian.

The Book of Non-Niffari 'Mawaqef' of the Sea
Collection of poetry published by Al Bustani Company for Publishing & Distribution - Cairo, 2005. Cover photograph by Ahmed Morsi.

Troubadour from Silicon Valley
Collection of poetry published by Dar Merit for Publishing & Distribution - Cairo, 2006. Cover by NYC-based Egyptian artist Ghada Amer.

Presence and Absence on the Maps of Diaspora
Collection of poetry published by The General Authority for Cultural Palaces - Cairo, 2009. Cover photograph by Ahmed Morsi.

Ahmed Morsi: The Complete Poems
Anthology of complete poems published by The Supreme Council for Culture - Cairo, 2012. Cover photograph by NYC photographer Thos Robinson.

Season for Emigration to Another Time
The final collection of poetry published by The General Authority for Cultural Palaces, Cairo - 2012. Cover by Egyptian artist Adel El Siwi.

Eluard: The Poet of Freedom and Love
Co-translation with Iraqi poet Abdel Wahab Al Bayyati. Published by Maaref Bookshop, Beirut - 1959.

Aragon: The Poet of Resistance
Co-translation with Iraqi poet Abdel Wahab Al Bayyati. Published by Maaref Bookshop, Beirut - 1959.

Picasso
First Arabic monograph on the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, Iraq - 1972.

Cavafy: Alexandria's Poet
Selection and Introduction by Ahmed Morsi. Poetry translation by Ahmed Morsi. Published by Al Khazindar Publishing - KSA - 1992.

Contemporary American Poetry
Translation and Introduction by Ahmed Morsi. Publsihed by The Supreme Council for Culture, The National Project for Translation - Cairo, 2000.

Readings in Contemporary American Poetry
Selection and Introduction by Ahmed Morsi. Translation by Ahmed Morsi. Published by The National Center for Translation - Cairo - 2010.

Poems of Alexandria and New York
First English translation of poetic works. Comprises two full collections: Elegies to the Mediterranean Sea and Pictures from the New York Album. Published by Banipal (UK) 2021

Ahmed Morsi: The Critic
By Ahmed Morsi. Introduction by Samir Gharib. Re-print of a collection comprising 47 articles of criticism published over two decades from New York in a number of Arabic language newspapers and magazines.


















