Maḥfūẓ, Najīb

by Allen, Roger

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Najīb Maḥfūẓ (10 December 1911–30 August 2006) was Egypt's most prominent writer of fictional narratives in the twentieth century. In 1988 he was the first Arab author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1. Life Maḥfūẓ was born in the Jamāliyya quarter in the old city of Cairo, but moved with his family to the suburb of ʿAbbāsiyya while he was still a child. Entering the University of Cairo as a student of philosophy, he was already beginning to show an interest in those broader

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Najīb Maḥfūẓ (10 December 1911–30 August 2006) was Egypt's most prominent writer of fictional narratives in the twentieth century. In 1988 he was the first Arab author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1. Life Maḥfūẓ was born in the Jamāliyya quarter in the old city of Cairo, but moved with his family to the suburb of ʿAbbāsiyya while he was still a child. Entering the University of Cairo as a student of philosophy, he was already beginning to show an interest in those broader

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei3062

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eng Islam

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Allen, Roger

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