Naguib Mahfouz Writer

Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ‎ Nagīb Maḥfūẓ, IPA: [næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ]; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) 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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	نجيب محفوظ (Arabic)
Birth date	December 11, 1911
Birth place	Cairo , Khedivate of Egypt , Egypt
Nationality	Egypt
Date of death	August 30, 2006
Place of death	Cairo , Egypt