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Mahfouz

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Mah·fouz  (mä-fz), Naguib 1911-2006.
Egyptian writer whose works include the novels Autumn Quail (1962) and The Beggar (1965). He won the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature.

Mahfouz, Mahfuz [mɑːˈfuːz]
n
(Biographies / Mahfouz, Naguib (1911 M, Egyptian, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: writer) Naguib (nɑːˈgiːb). born 1911, Egyptian novelist and writer, author of the trilogy of novels Bain al-Kasrain (1945-57). His novel Children of Gebelawi (1959) was banned by the Muslim authorities in Egypt. Nobel prize for literature 1988


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