Naguib Mahfouz
Date of Birth:
Dec 11, 1911
Place of Birth:
Cairo, Egypt
Date of Birth:
Dec 11, 1911
Place of Birth:
Cairo, Egypt
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.