Naguib Mahfouz
Novelist, Author
1911 – 2006
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Who was Naguib Mahfouz?
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and five plays over a 70-year career. Many of his works have been made into Egyptian and foreign films.
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- Born
- Dec 11, 1911
Cairo - Also known as
- Najīb Mahfūz
- Najīb Maḥfūẓ
- Najuib Mahfouz
- Najīb Maḥfūẓ
- Mahfouz, Naguib
- Naguib Mahfuz
- Najib Mahfuz
- Spouses
- Attiyatullah Mahfouz
(1954 - 2006/08/30)
- Attiyatullah Mahfouz
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Egyptians
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Profession
- Education
- Licentiate, Cairo University
Philosophy
(1930 - )
- Licentiate, Cairo University
- Died
- Aug 30, 2006
Cairo
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on July 23, 2013
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