Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz Born (1911-12-10)10 December 1911 Cairo, Egypt Died 30 August 2006(2006-08-30) (aged 94) Cairo, Egypt Occupation Novelist Nationality Egyptian Notable works The Cairo Trilogy Notable awards Nobel Prize for Literature (1988) 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.