Naguib Mahfouz Life Stories, Books, & Links


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Naguib Mahfouz (1911 - 2006)

Category: Egyptian Literature

Born: December 11, 1911
Cairo, Egypt

Died: August 30, 2006

Related authors:
Kahlil Gibran, Salman Rushdie

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12/11/1911		Of Fame and Fatwas On this day in 1911 the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz was born. Despite a death sentence pronounced against him by Omar Abdul-Rahman, and nearly carried out in 1994, Mahfouz chronicled and questioned Egyptian society throughout his long life. He was given a state funeral when he died in 2006 - at which time Abdul-Rahman was a decade into his life sentence.

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Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth fiction
Arabian Nights and Days fiction
Children of Gebelawi fiction
Echoes of an Autobiography memoirs
Miramar fiction
Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber: Reflections of a Nobel Laureate 1994-2001 by Mohamed Salmawy (Editor), Naguib Mahfouz interviews
Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber: Reflections of a Nobel Laureate 1994-2001 by Naguib Mahfouz, Mohamed Salmawy (Editor) memoirs
Respected Sir fiction
The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail anthology, fiction
The Beginning and the End fiction
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street fiction
The Day the Leader Was Killed fiction
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma fiction
Time and the Place short stories
Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales short stories

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Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt: Existential Themes in His Writings by Hayim Gordon guide
Naguib Mahfouz: From Regional Fame to Global Recognition by Michael Beard (Editor), Adnan Haydar (Editor) essays
Naguib Mahfouz: The Pursuit of Meaning by Rasheed El-Enany criticism and analysis
The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz by Britta Le Va (Photographer), Gamal Al-Ghitani photography

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Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta's World Literature Website
This useful resource for students offers a quick overview of Mahfouz's life and works. Find a chronological timeline of events in the author's life, short notes on main works, and historical commentary which offers added context and insight to understanding the Cairo Trilogy and other works.

Egypt State Information Service
This goverment-operated website presents a short biographical essay titled "Biased To Grassroots" which explores the author's life, views on Egypt and the world, and the themes which permeate his works. With excerpts and critical commentary on Respected Sir, Palace of Desire, Adrift on the Nile, and Journey of Ibn Fatouma.

"Mahfouz seems to conceive of time as a metaphysical force of oppression. His novels have consistently shown time as the bringer of change, and change as a very painful process, and very often time is not content until it has dealt his heroes the final blow of death. To sum up, in Mahfouz's dark tapestry of the world there are only two bright spots. These consists of man's continuing struggle for equality on the one hand and the promise of scientific progress on the other; meanwhile, life is a tragedy."

Interview: "A Nobel for the Arab Nation"
Read an March/April 1989 biography and interview from Aramco World Magazine.

"Throughout his career, Mahfouz has chronicled the vicissitudes of modern Egypt, and he has often been affected by them himself. Children of Gebelawi is still unpublished in full in Arabic, and until he won the Nobel Prize his works were banned in many Arab countries because of his outspoken support for President Anwar Sadat's Camp David peace treaty with Israel...."

Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection (Cornell University)
This highly recommended collection offers resources and links on ancient, medieval and modern history, religion, law and justice systems, women and gender issues, and Middle Eastern literature in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. This website includes this biography of Mahfouz, and short reviews of works including:

Adrift on the Nile

Arabian Nights and Days

Children of the Alley

The Journey of Ibn Fattouma

Sugar Street

Naguib Mahfouz, 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
Mahfouz was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature for having "formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind" through his works "rich in nuance -- now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous ..." Visit the official Nobel website for an author biography, Mahfouz's Nobel Lecture, and other resources.

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