Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 11, 1911(94)
Day of Death
August 30, 2006
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Also Known As
نجيب محفوظNajeeb Mahfouzنجيب محفوظ عبدالعزيز إبراهيم أحمد الباشا
Naguib Mahfouz
Writing
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.