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نجيب محفوظ Naguib Mahfouz | |
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| Native name | نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز إبراهيم أحمد الباشا |
| Born | Naguib Mahfouz Abdul Aziz Ibrahim Ahmed Pasha December 11, 1911 Gamalya, Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | August 30, 2006 (aged 94) Agouza, Giza Governorate, Egypt |
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| Language | |
| Nationality |  Egyptian |
| Citizenship | Egypt |
| Alma mater | Cairo University |
| Period | 1932–2004 |
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| Subject | The Egyptian hara |
| Literary movement | Literary realism |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (1988) |
| Years active | 1932–2004 |
| Spouse |
Atiyyatallah Ibrahim
(m. 1954–2006) |
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Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (Egyptian Arabic: نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا), IPA: [næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ]; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006), known as Naguib Mahfouz, was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1]
He managed to modernize Arabic literature. He is one of the few writers of Arabic literature who explored themes of existentialism.[2]
- ↑ NobelPrize.org, "Naguib Mahfouz"; retrieved 2012-9-18.
- ↑ Haim Gordon (1990). Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt: Existential Themes in His Writings. ISBN 0313268762. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-26.