Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian writer
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. Mahfouz is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers in Arabic literature, along with Taha Hussein, to explore themes of... Wikipedia
Born: December 11, 1911, Old Cairo, Egypt
Died: August 30, 2006 (age 94 years), Police Academy Hospital, New Cairo City, Egypt
Influenced by: Taha Hussein, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, and more
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Parents: Fatimah and Abdel-Aziz Ibrahim
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