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Naguib Mahfouz

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Naguib Mahfouz , 1911-2006, Egyptian novelist and short-story writer, b. Cairo. After his graduation (1934) from Cairo Univ., he worked in various government ministries until his retirement in 1971. Mahfouz was the best-known and most widely respected 20th-century writer in Egypt and probably in the whole Arab world, where many of his works were adapted for film and television. His novels are characterized by realistic depictions of Egyptian social, political, and religious life in the troubled 20th cent. They feature a wide variety of ordinary citizens, usually inhabitants of Cairo, and include... Read more
Mahfouz, Naguib
World Encyclopedia Mahfouz, Naguib (1911– ) Egyptian novelist and short-story writer. He is celebrated mainly for the ‘Cairo Trilogy’ ... birth of the republic in 1952. His religious allegory Children of Gebelawi (1959) was banned in much of the Arab world. In 1988, Mahfouz became the first writer in ... Read more
Naguib Mahfouz
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... 1959), and Miramar (1967). He also wrote short-story collections, some 30 screenplays, and several stage plays. In 1988 he became the first Arabic writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Read more

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