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Date of Birth
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11-December-1911
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Place of Birth
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Cairo
(Greater Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Governorate)
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Nationality
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Egypt
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Also know as
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Najīb Mahfūz, Najīb Maḥfūẓ, Najīb Maḥfūẓ, Najuib Mahfouz, Mahfouz, Naguib, Naguib Mahfuz, Najib Mahfuz, Naguib Mahfuz, Nagib Machfus
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Profession
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Novelist, Civil servant, Essayist, Writer, Author
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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.
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