Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz (1911 – 2006) — Egypt, writing in Arabic. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988.
“Who, through works rich in nuance — now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous — has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind.” — The Nobel Committee citation
About Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian novelist and the first writer in Arabic to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He raised the Arabic novel to the level of modern art, recording the soul of Cairo's alleyways through the upheavals of the twentieth century.