Sa’ad Makkawi (1916–1985) was an Egyptian writer.
[1] He was born in Dalatun, Menoufia.
As a young man, he travelled to France to study medicine but he returned without a degree.
He is best known for his novel The Sleepwalkers (Al-Sayirun Niyaman) which was chosen by the Arab Writers Union as one of the 100 greatest Arabic novels.
The novel has been translated by Jonathan Wright.