Known for
Writing
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Gender
Man
Birthday
Dec 11, 1911
Day of death
Aug 30, 2006 (94)
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
Also known as
نجيب محفوظ
Najeeb Mahfouz
نجيب محفوظ عبدالعزيز إبراهيم أحمد الباشا
Naguib Mahfouz
Biography
Naguib Mahfouz, (born December 11, 1911, Cairo, Egypt—died August 30, 2006, Cairo), Egyptian novelist and screenplay writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, the first Arabic writer to be so honoured.
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