Naguib Mahfouz
11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer regarded as one of the first contemporary authors of Arabic literature to explore existentialist themes. He is best known for the Cairo Trilogy, an epic portrait of Egyptian family life. In 1988 he became the first Arabic-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Life events
He was born in the Gamaliya district of Cairo, the youngest of seven children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe earned a degree in philosophy from what was then King Fuad I University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe worked as a civil servant while writing, holding various government posts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis masterwork of three novels chronicled a Cairo family across generations.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe allegorical novel was controversial and banned in much of the Arab world.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became the first Arabic-language author to receive the Nobel Prize.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was stabbed in the neck by extremists outside his Cairo home but survived.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgNaguib Mahfouz died in Cairo at the age of 94.
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