All through half a century, Tharwat Abaza wrote scores of novels and short stories about life in the city and the countryside, and the kind of connections and clashes governing the relations of the different social strata.

Abaza was one of the founders of The Writers' Association.

He was also chairman of the Story Club. still such a busy schedule did not prevent him from artistic writing and from sponsoring young talents even if he differed with them in respect of political and intellectual orientation.

Among his most famous literary works are "A little Bit of Fear", “Dreams at Noon Time", "Escaping from the Days", “Pearls and Oysters", "Fog" and "Palace on the Nile". In recognition of his outstanding works, Abaza was granted the State Incentive Prize in 1959 and the State Merit Award in 1982.

As Anis Mansur said eulogising him, Abaza was so keen to revive the elegant diction of the Arabic language. “Many times Abaza quoted old poets to express a fresh meaning. But that was not with the purpose of showing off his linguistic, literary, legal and juristic treasures but was rather a manifestation of his ability to employ the past in the service of the present," Mansur explained.

Abaza, however, had never stopped criticising Nasserism despite its diminishing effect on society in recent years. Abaza was not narrow-minded nor prejudiced against zealots of the Nasser rule; he was rather against all kinds of restrictions, noted Mansur.

Anis Mansur went on to say in his column in Al Ahram paper that Abaza defended the arts, truth and beauty and above all of Islam. As member of the Shura Council, he was disciplined and punctual despite his illness.

Youssef Al Sharuni described late Abaza as the man with the bold pen "Despite our close personal relation, I knew him more through his story writings," he said, adding that "the focal point in all of Abaza’s writing was the idea of freedom"

In his novel “A Little Bit of Fear" Atris represented the tyrant whereas Fuada was the embodiment of freedom and truth, which had to triumph at the end. Examples of freedom were so many in his writings for instance, the relation between sons and fathers and the vision of each party with respect to one's freedom.

He also detected relations between generations. Almost each of his 25 novels covered two or three generations of a family or a society sector .

Born in Sharkia governorate in 1927, Abaza graduated from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University in 1950. He worked at the press and was appointed editor-in-chief of the TV and Radio Magazine in 1974.

He became deputy of the Shura Council in 1986 and was a member of the Supreme Council of the Press and Chairman of the Modern Literature Association.