Naguib Mahfouz
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 11, 1911
Day of Death: August 30, 2006 (95 years old)
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz, (born December 11, 1911, Cairo, Egypt—died August 30, 2006, Cairo), Egyptian novelist and screenplay writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, the first Arabic writer to be so honoured.
