Naguib Mahfouz, recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Cairo, Egypt. His father was a civil servant, and he grew up in a middle-class family.
Naguib Mahfouz, recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Cairo, Egypt. His father was a civil servant, and he grew up in a middle-class family. After begin educated at Cairo University, he worked as a civil servant until 1972. He served in the ministry of Mortmain Endowments and later as Director of Censorship in the Bureau of Art. He also worked as a journalist at AR-RISALA and as a contributer to A-HILAL and AL-AHRAM.
Mahfouz began writing when he was 17 and has produced throughout his life 32 novels, 13 collections of short stories, and 30 screenplays. He has written both historical and modern novels. His first novel, ABATH AL-AQDAR (MOCKERY OF THE FATES), was published when he was 28. One of his major works, THE CAIRO TRILOGY, was published in the 1950s. He was the first Arabic writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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1911 He was born in Cairo, Egypt.
1934 He graduated from Cairo University.
1939 ABATH AL-AQDAR (MOCKERY OF THE FATES); He worked at the Ministry of Islamic Affairs
1943 RADUBIS
1944 KIFAH TIBAH, KHAN AL-KHALILI
1946 AL-QAHIRAH AL-JADIDAH (NEW CAIRO)
1947 ZUQAQ AL-MIDAQQ (MIDAQ ALLEY)
1948 IGNIS FATUUS
1949 AL-SARAB, BIDAYAH WA-NIHAYAH (THE BEGINNING AND THE END)
1956 BAYN AL-QUASRAYN (PALACE WALK)
1957 QUAST AL-SHAWQ (PALACE OF DESIRE), AL-SUKKARIYAH (SUGAR STREET)
1959 CHILDREN OF GEBELAWI
1961 AL-LISS WA-AL-KILAB (THE THIEF AND THE DOGS)
1962 AL-SUMMAN WA-AL-KHARIF (AUTUMN QUAIL)
1964 AL-TARIQ (THE SEARCH)
1965 AL-SHAHHADH (THE BEGGAR)
1966 THARTHARAH FAWQ AL NIL (ADRIFT ON THE NILE
1967 AWLAD HARITNA (CHILDREN OF THE ALLEY), MIRAMAR
1969 He became a consultant for cinema affairs to the Ministry of Culture.
1971 AL MARAYA (MIRRORS)
1973 AL-HUBB TAHT AL MATAR
1974 AL-KARNAK (THREE CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN NOVELS
1975 QUAB AL-LAYL, HADRAT AL-MUHTARAM (RESPECTED SIR)
1977 MALHAMAT AL-HARAFISH (THE HARAFISH)
1980 ARS AL-HUBB
1981 AFRAH AL-QUBBAH (WEDDING SONG), LAYALI ALF LAYLAH (ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS)
1982 AL-BAQI MIN AL-ZAMAN SA'AH
1983 RIHLAT IBN FATTUMAH (THE JOURNEY OF IBN FATOUMA)
1985 AL-A'ISH FI AL-HAQIQAH, YAWM MAQTAL AL ZA'IM (THE DAY LEADER WAS KILLED)
1987 HADITH AL-SABAH WA-AL-MASA
1988 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1993 THARTHARAH ALA AL-BAHR
