Description
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer 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. He published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and five plays over a 70-year career. Many of his works have been made into Egyptian and foreign films.
Born
December 11th, 1911 in Cairo / Died: Aug 30th, 2006 - at age 94
Films
Last Changes
2006/09/01
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2005/10/30
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