History of Naguib Mahfouz

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Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1988. Born in 1911 in Cairo, Egypt. A lifelong civil servant, Mahfouz has written more than 40 novels.

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1988. Born in 1911 in Cairo, Egypt. A longtime civil servant, Mahfouz served in the Ministry of Mortmain Endowments, then as Director of Censorship in the Bureau of Art, as Director of the Foundation for the Support of the Cinema, and, finally, as consultant to the Ministry of Culture. Throughout his career, with an interruption in publication between 1952 and 1959, he has brought out more than 30 novels.

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Many of Mahfouz's novels were written in serialized form - e.g., Midaq Alley.

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