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Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, IPA: [næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ]; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Aug 26, 2024 · Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist and screenplay writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, the first Arabic writer to be so honored. He is perhaps best known for The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street. Learn more about Mahfouz’s life and work.
Born in Cairo in 1911, Naguib Mahfouz began writing when he was seventeen. His first novel was published in 1939 and ten more were written before the Egyptian Revolution of July 1952, when he stopped writing for several years.
Aug 30, 2006 · Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ, Nagīb Maḥfūẓ) (December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian novelist 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.
Aug 30, 2006 · Naguib Mahfouz. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988. Born: 11 December 1911, Cairo, Egypt. Died: 30 August 2006, Cairo, Egypt. Residence at the time of the award: Egypt. Prize motivation: “who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind”
The development of the modern Egyptian novel is reflected by – and reaches a peak in – the half century of work by Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Laureate in 1988, the first writer in Arabic to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Aug 30, 2006 · Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz has died. He was 94. Mahfouz was the first Arabic writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. He is credited with perfecting the novel-form in the Arabic...
Aug 30, 2006 · Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Mahfouz is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature to explore themes of existentialism and is the only Egyptian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Aug 30, 2006 · Reflections on the life and work of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, dead at 94. He is credited with perfecting the novel form in the Arabic language. The Nobel Prize winner used lively...
Sep 23, 2019 · Innovative novelist and author of ‘The Cairo Trilogy’ who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature, The Independent, August 31, 2006. Egyptian novelist who pioneered an Arabic literature which explored contemporary urban themes, The Times, August 31, 2006.
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