Naguib Mahfouz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian writer

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Date of Death: 30-Aug-2006

Profession: screenwriter, writer, playwright, translator, artist, novelist

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian Arabic: ???? ??????, romanized: Nagib Ma?fu?, IPA: [næ'gi?b m?h'fu?z?]; December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Taha Hussein, to explore themes of existentialism.
He published 34 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.