name: Naguib Mahfouz
birth_date: 1911-12-11 00:00:00
death_date: 2006-08-30 00:00:00
genres: Short Stories, Literature & Fiction
influences: Marcel Proust, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, Jean-Paul Sartr, James Joyce
avg_rating: 3.91
ratings_count: 303343
about: Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic author profile: نجيب محفوظ) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He published over 50 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. Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic author profile: نجيب محفوظ) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He published over 50 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. ...more