Naguib Mahfouz

Known for Writing

Naguib Mahfouz's portrait

Details

Birthday: December 11, 1911

Deathday: August 30, 2006

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.